It was such a great week for our CSA! We got a lot of different stuff that I am psyched about…my favorite being beets!!!
Each week Allandale hands out a newsletter for the CSA members with the list of our goods, recipes and a little tidbit about what we have received. This week the newsletter talked about the brassica family (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage) and how the seeds started out. I find all of this stuff so interesting!
Now, on to the goods. 
Cauliflower – does anyone know why it is yellow??
Cabbage
Broccoli
Carrots - so cute!!
Beets – yahoo!! Apparently you can use beet greens as you would use spinach.
Sugar Snap Peas – that we promptly used in last night’s dinner and they were so fresh!
Turnips – which were also used last night. They look more like radishes than turnips, don’t they?! I wonder how you can use these greens…
Lettuce – I have never been so excited about lettuce as I have since we started this CSA. The greens are SO fresh and they taste so much better than what you would buy at the grocery store. If you have a farmstand nearby, try some greens from there!
Garlic Scrapes – tons of them!
I also picked up a few things from their farmstand while I was there.
Strawberries and Raspberries
The strawberries were picked at a farm in Vermont and brought down, but the raspberries are fresh picked at Allandale Farm!
Green Peppers – fresh picked from Allandale as well. They were delicious in our veggie sloppy joes!
What a great week on the farm!!
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These posts are great because they make you want to eat fresh fruits and veggies, and what could be better for you than that!
I’m pretty sure the broccoli you received is the most beautiful brocc I’ve ever seen! You and other bloggie gals are so making me want to look into this CSA business, I want loads of fruits + veggies to magically arrive at my home!
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