Today was the first day I received produce from the CSA farm I joined a couple of months back. They started distributing last week but Jaeger and I were in DC for the ALA conference (American Library Association). With the produce came a newsletter that contained general information and included tips on how to prepare various vegetables. Last week they distributed kohlrabi which apparently many people didn’t know what to do with. I was hoping for some this week since they are too expensive in the grocery store and I was curious to try them. However, we didn’t get any this time.

The newsletter stated that the first couple of weeks will be a little sparse as they wait for the crops to mature. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the variety we got this week:

• a little over a 1/2 lb of snow peas (maybe more but I’ve been snacking on them all night )
• 6 small turnips
• 1 head of red leafed lettuce
• 1 small zucchini
• 1 broccoli crown
• 4 onions (with greens still attached)
• 2 lbs of small red potatoes

I didn’t realize that turnips grew in the early summer. I always associated them with fall and soup. So, I’ll get a chance to try preparing them a different way (it’s not soup weather right now). I’m tentatively planning to use them in a Maple-Glazed Turnips recipe I have from The Roasted Vegetable. I understand the greens are technically edible but I suspect I’ll give them up as a lost cause. I like chard, spinach and beet greens but I’m a little dubious about other greens.

We’ll be receiving produce everything Thursday from now until the end of the produce season. It’s going to be a little bit like Christmas every week