|csa week #2|

Week two report for our CSA....

• big, beautiful mild radishes - greens still attached
• turnip greens
• watercress
• fresh baby spinach
• ASPARAGUS!!! tiny and lovely
• Bell jar full of canned tomato sauce from last year's tomatoes....I can't decide if I want to put it on pasta or just drink it straight out of the jar - hmmm

Tonight we're having pancakes for brinner...with our fresh maple syrup from last week. Quite a bit of it has already been used on my morning oatmeal, though. :-)

For lunch today I'm having my re-created version of the edamame salad I blogged about last weekend with a big fresh salad....salad greens from the CSA, spinach, gorgonzola, almonds, a couple mandarin orange slices, radishes, and a homemade balsamic vinaigrette. Delicious.

By the way - if you don't know how to make salad dressing, it's really super easy. Start with something simple like this - it makes enough for 1 big salad:

• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon Dijon or spicy brown mustard (or whatever kind of mustard you like, really)
• salt and pepper
• your favorite herbs/spices...today I used turmeric and cayenne powder - anything works really, or nothing at all still gives you a good flavor

Whisk together and enjoy! This way you don't get any nasty ingredients you can't pronounce (unless your mustard has them, of course) and you get a dose of good-for-you olive oil.