Today was the first day of this summer's weekly vegetable pick up. Our share from the local farmer should give us fresh veggies into October. Into our bag North and I put: five salad turnips (eaten raw, my first time trying them, they were delicious), three zucchini, one bunch of cilantro, 2 bok choy, one bunch of carrots, two lettuce heads, and a basket of strawberries. Our portion also included 1/2 pound of spinach, but I had already bought a lot of this from the store, so I left the CSA spinach to be donated to the food bank.
Eddie (the farmer) also included a recipe that incorporates most of the vegetables. When I first saw all the lettuce, I knew that I would be making lettuce wraps for tonight's dinner, so I didn't use the provided recipe right away, but I will try it out in the next few days. For dinner tonight we ate: lentils and rice (carrots and cilantro added) wrapped in lettuce, sliced turnips and carrots with a little sprinkle of salt, and sliced strawberries and mango for dessert. It was all very fresh and tasty.