So things with my dad's health have made keeping up with the CSA a bit difficult. So we're playing catch up today with weeks five and six of our CSA. These boxes are still small, but they're looking up. I have been especially fond of the fruit that we've been receiving, which is great to munch on by itself.

( Week 5 )

Things have been super stressful around here lately, so I haven't been able to update with all the veggie-filled things I've been cooking--and I certainly won't be able to do that tonight--but I promise I'll get to that soon. For tonight, I'm just sharing the contents of our box this week.


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So after CSA Week 2, I have to say we're still failing at the whole greens thing. We still have half our kale left, the red leaf lettuce went bad before we could use it all, and we haven't even touched the escarole. Seeing as we got three greens this week, I think we're really going to to need to get better about using them up! That being said, ( Read more... )

I might get to a recap of Week 2 later, but for now I'm posting a picture of our share for week three.


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HAWKS WIN THE STANLEY CUP FINALS!

I haven't rooted for a Chicago team in the finals since the Bulls won in '98, and I wasn't disappointed this year. I can't believe how exciting this series was--Philly was WAY too good of an opponent--but I am SO glad to see the Hawks win the series. It's SO GREAT!

GO, HAWKS, GO!

Kevin picked up our second CSA share today, and it looks very promising! And so I don't have a heart attack over hockey right now (ETA: YES, HAWKS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), I'm posting about its awesomeness.


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We're set to receive box number two from our CSA tomorrow. This week, we've used a good deal of our produce, but we're still working on the greens. Right now, we have half the spinach, romaine, and kale left. The rest has been used accordingly ( Read more... )

Kevin and I joined a CSA this year. For those of you who don't speak food-blog, CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, which is a system where individuals can buy a share of produce from a local farm. In practical terms, this means that we receive a box full of fruits and vegetables every Wednesday from Genesis Growers in St. Anne, ( Read more... )

Kevin and I made this for dinner last night and it was fantastic. To round out the meal we threw some red peppers on the grill with the chicken.

( Mahogany Chicken with Spicy Roasted Sweet Potatoes )

On Friday, Kevin and I had Andy and Sarah over for dinner. Even though dinner was somewhat thwarted by poor timing on our part, the recipes themselves were excellent. The roasted asparagus was good (and would be better if it hadn't languished in the oven, being slowly overcooked, waiting for the potatoes to be done) and the potatoes had serious ( Read more... )