CSA Share # 12

Share contents: 3 pounds of sauce tomatoes, 1 pound of shishito peppers, 2 pounds of sweet peppers (Ausilio and pimento), 1 bunch of leeks, 1 pound of sweet onions, 1 bunch of basil, 2 small garlic bulbs, 1 head of cabbage.

Okay, we have had enough rain for a while for sure now. Good golly, from mid nineties and no rain to daily rain, often deluges. There are cool things about it like tadpoles living in puddles in the fields and hard things about it like powdery mildew and cracked tomatoes. We managed to get brussel sprouts and cauliflower transplanted yesterday. We hope to get enough of a rain break to finish the potato harvest and fall root vegetables seeded in the field.

Things I like to cook with the veggies in this weeks’ share:

-leeks and sweet peppers sauteed in olive oil or ghee served as a side or over pasta or mashed potatoes

-basil and garlic pesto

-simple slaw of sweet onion and cabbage

-tomato soup, tomato sauce, roasted tomatoes

-blistered shishitos sprinkled with salt and lime juice eaten as is and /or added to pimento cheese