Flatbush Farm Share: Week 1

So I Signed up for the Flatbush Farm Share - or, more accurately, Julie signed us up for it. We're getting our second shipment today but I wanted to write a little bit about what I did with the first week's delivery.

J says she always wanted to sign up for some sort of CSA, but wasn't confident enough in her cooking ability. With me in the house, she somehow found the confidence (or rather, confidence in my ability to figure something out)

So; last week comes around and I find myself with a couple of rather large bags full of vegetables. The run-down looked a little bit like this:

Field Green Mix
Boston Bibb Lettuce
Zucchini
Kale
Carrots w/ greens
Turnips w/ greens.
Parsley

It was a pretty interesting mix, at first I had no idea what to do with any of them, in fact: I haven't used all of it up yet.. but I've come up with some pretty interesting recipes out of the mix.  So far I've made a salad using the Turnip & Field Greens, Rotini tossed in a pesto made with the carrot greens, Beef & Chicken stew made with the Carrots and Turnips, and some rather decent dishes of sauteed Kale and Zucchini to go with a giant pot of Jalapeno Mac & Cheese. I'll be posting the recipes written up properly in the next couple of days, and give you guys some updates on the new shipment - which I'm finding myself increasingly excited about.

Anyway, to hold you over: here are some turnips.