What To Do With A Box Of Vegetables: Paisley Farm Box 15

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 accounted for in my weekly Adventures In Budget Paleo Cooking posts.

Paisley Farm 2014 CSA Box 15

Leftover From Previous Weeks

1 bunch kale
Peaches
2 ears corn
Roasted tomatoes
Roasted eggplant
Frozen bell pepper
1 raw bell pepper
2 slicing cucumbers
3 yellow cucumbers
2 carrots

How I Used My Share

2 tomatoes were squashed in transport. My dog fell on 2 more and squashed them. 3 went bad before I could do anything about it. I ate the Sungolds out of hand as snacks.

I ate variations on tomatoes & peaches & chicken for lunch (one day with peppers, one day with carrot top pesto).

I made a shredded balsamic beef bowl with warm corn/pepper/leek/balsamic vinegar salad.

I made sandwich rollups with half of the head of chard in place of bread.

I served corn on the cob with hot dogs.

I made stuffed peppers out of two bell peppers + the rest of the roasted tomatoes + Italian sausage + a head of kale + a bunch of roasted eggplant.

I made a corn & goat cheese & pepper dish as a side for flank steak with the rest of the corn & peppers.

Waste: A bunch of tomatoes, 1/2 a head of chard.

My Favorite Dish From This Box

The stuffed peppers were great. Peach & tomato lunches are always fantastic, but I think the roasted tomatoes in the peppers was my favorite thing about this week’s dinners.

Next Week

Going into next week, I have: a couple small carrots, some peaches, roasted eggplant, bunches of frozen bell pepper, some Japanese eggplant, 1 smallish globe eggplant, 2 big slicing cucumbers, and 3 yellow cucumbers.

Guess which cucumbers are probably going to waste because I can’t bear facing them?