The Plan:
Day 1: Pasta alla Norma, Cantaloupe cubes with fresh mint
Day 2: Pan-roasted chicken with garlic lemon green beans and potatoes
Day 3: Homemade pizza, Tossed salad
Day 4: Kielbasa hash
Day 5: Thai curry soup with boi choy and broccoli
Day 6: Italian lentil salad, Apple slices
Day 7: Fried rice with peppers, carrots, and onions
Pantry Shuffle:
Out of Storage:
- Whole chicken cut up
Into Storage:
- Chopped bell peppers: Freeze in quart sized zipper bags. These will be added to soups, stir fry, and egg scrambles in the winter
- Diced onions: Freeze in quart sized zipper bags. Dicing an extra onion or two while I am already chopping veggies helps so I can put together easy meals later on. The onions can be easily portioned out frozen to add to skillet dinners, slow cooker meals, or casseroles.
- Shiso: trying this in the dehydrator to make tea
Notes: Fall & Winter CSA
Happy first day of fall! If you missed out on a summer farm share, it is not too late to still get local produce through the end of the year. There are still some farms participating in community supported agriculture (CSA) that are enrolling members now. Take a minute right now to look for a fall or winter CSA. Not sure which CSA is right for you? Well, you are in luck! I have a whole article on How to Choose a CSA. After reading, head to the Fairshare CSA Coalition or Local Harvest website to find the perfect farm. I’m looking forward to cooking with winter squash, potatoes, and other root vegetables in the coming months!
CSA Breakdown: For those of you also using Crossroads Community Farm, here is a breakdown of how I will use each piece of produce this week. See the first CSA post from this season for details of how I structure the plans.
Carrots (1.0 bag): Grated for tossed salad; Fried rice
Pepper, Bell – YELLOW (1.0 count): Kielbasa hash
Eggplant, Japanese (2.0 count): Pasta alla Norma
Bok Choi (1.0 head): Thai curry soup
Beans, Green (1.0 bag): Lemon garlic chicken
Lettuce, various (1.0 head): Tossed salad
Onion, Yellow (2.0 count): Kielbasa hash; Thai curry soup; Fried rice
Pepper, Red Sweet Carmen (1.0 count): Kielbasa hash
Broccoli (a little funny looking maybe)) (1.0 head): Thai curry soup
Potato – Red (1.0 bag – 3 lb): Lemon garlic chicken; Kielbasa hash
Muskmelon, Infinite Gold – Large (1.0 count): cut into chunks as a side
Pepper, Red Bell (2.0 count): Lentil salad; Fried rice
