What To Do With A Box Of Vegetables: Paisley Farms Box 16

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 16

Leftover From Previous Weeks

Peaches
1 bunch curly kale
1 jar roasted eggplant
3 yellow cucumbers
2 slicing cucumbers
Japanese eggplant
1 smallish globe eggplant
2 carrots

How I Used My Share

I made eggplant fries semi-successfully to serve with burgers.

I made burgers and served with corn on the cob.

I made a big CSA-cleanup stir-fry with the bok choy, a pepper, a couple of eggplants, and the carrots.

Waste: 2 eggplant, 2 tomatoes, the yellow cucumbers I couldn’t face, 2 heads lettuce, the last peach.

My Favorite Dish From This Box

While I love bunless burgers with corn, I think my favorite was the stir-fry this week.

Next Week

Going into next week, I have: roasted eggplant, bunches of frozen bell pepper, 12 Japanese eggplant, 2 big slicing cucumbers, 1 head curly kale, 5 bell peppers, and 3 ears corn.