October 9th and 10th Baskets

It's 9 a.m. Tuesday morning and we're mid-harvest today for Tuesdays baskets, so this list is tenative. But here's what we have on our harvest ticket for baskets this week:

  • Our fabulous melons
  • Carrots
  • Cilantro
  • Baby Cukes
  • Young Head of Lettuce
  • Radish
  • Swiss Chard
  • Baby Bok Choi -Looks like a very small head of Swiss Chard. Tastes a little stronger. Can be cooked like spinach, or Swiss Chard. Also good in a quiche.
  • Green Onion bunches
  • Rosemary
  • Basil, purple Thai
  • Basil, green Italian
  • Persimmon - looks like a flat tomato, can be eaten out of hand
  • Beans (maybe)
  • Cherry Tomatoes
  • Oranges
  • Fioja Guavas - has a dusty green color, will scent your kitchen if you leave it on the counter

Comments

Unknown said…
This is fantastic! I've been hoping since the start of the blog that we would be getting a list of basket items. If you are able to keep this up, it'll be neat to look back on these entries over the course of the year.
October 10, 2007 at 1:29 PM
Susan Gaer said…
I took the last basket of turnips, carrots, radishes and onions and saute them in some olive oil for about 10 minutes. Then I added the swiss chard stems along with garlic and cooked for about 5 minutes more. Finally I added all the greens...Swiss chard leaves, bok choy, basils and poured in broth (veg broth works as well as chicken) added a bit of dried tumeric/ rosemary from our basket and cooked it for about 10 more minutes. I finally added pasta, black beans and canned organic tomotoes and cooked it for the final five miniutes. It was a wonderful soup make from all the vegetables in the basket.
October 15, 2007 at 8:28 PM
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