This year’s CSA is from Paisley Farm, a 25-acre operation located in Tivoli, NY. Paisley Farm grows organically and plants with the chef in mind. The 22-week CSA runs from June – October and I purchased the standard vegetable share. This share includes 8-9 vegetables and herbs per week (8-12 pounds) – enough to provide a family of three with 3-4 dinners’ worth of veg. The price equals out to $25 per week, the cost of which will be calculated in my weekly Adventures In Budget Paleo Cooking posts.

I skipped picking up last week’s share because of vacation, but it included: Spring Onions, Curly Green Kale, French Breakfast Radishes, Mixed Lettuce Bouquet, Summer Savory, 1/2 lb of Rhubarb, Tatsoi, & either Escarole, Fennel or Turnips. I am completely jealous because I sooo wanted rhubarb. Hopefully it will make an appearance again.

Paisley Farm 2014 CSA Box 4

1 bunch rainbow Swiss Chard
Bunch Red Beets with greens
1 big Bok Choy
Small bunch Red Russian Kale
A manageable amount of Mixed Lettuce
Big bunch Red Sping Onions
A few Garlic Scapes
Huge bunch Sage
Mystery green that may be an herb and tastes numby – espazote??

 

Leftover From Last Week

Carrots (non-CSA)

And surprisingly, I had some leftovers from the week before vacation that hadn’t gone bad. I had collards, spring onions, baby bok choy and radishes left over and slipped them in dinners from Monday – Thursday.

How I Used My Share

Bok choy, baby bok choy, carrots, spring onions in a nice stir-fry

Carrots and radishes with a rack of lamb

Collards for dinner as a simple side one night

Lunch salads with the lettuce

Roasted chard & beet greens with turkey sage burgers

More sage wrapped around sweet potato wedges with bacon

The mystery herb + some sage in barbicoa

A huge salad with the rest of the spring onions + mystery herb + greens + sage + beets for dinner one night alongside sage-wrapped chicken

The rest of the sage in an herby lemonade

My Favorite Dish From This Box

Either the sage turkey burgers or the sage bacon potato wedges.