Y'know, being part of this CSA thing is really making me branch out, food-wise. Two weeks ago there was a great big bag of basil in my crate. The house smelled amazing. Ooof. I hadn't much of an idea what to do with it, so I looked up a recipe for pesto online, and then made some. Pictures will follow as soon as I use it. It's in the freezer right now.
This week was the best crate yet.
Buried amongst all that vegetable goodness there's another wee bag of basil. Not enough to make pesto with (though this week's CSA bulletin includes a recipe for pesto using the kale and some walnuts. Hmm. I might try that), but there was just enough to make this:
Almost too pretty to eat. I managed, though.
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The fragrance from basil is probably one of my favorites. As soon as I read "basil," I immediately thought of the salad (If that's what you'd call it) pictured.
Please let us know what you decide to do with that pretty yellow squash next to the cucumber. I love squash, but my culinary imagination is dang near boring.
What are those pretty striped veggies by the tomatoes and the long slender peppers?
The yellow squash is called a pattypan, according to my Mom. I generally cut it in half, put salt and pepper on it, and bake it. Very mild-tasting.
Those stripey things? No idea. I haven't cut into them yet, but I think they're like the thing I got two weeks ago. It looked like a squash from the outside but the inside looked like a cucumber, except that it had 4 sections to it instead of 3. Tasted like a cucumber too. It was about the same shape as this thing, but not as yellow.
I tend to assume things things I don't know are squash, 'cause on the list the CSA gives me that's the only thing they're not very specific about.
I love a caprese salad...last night I had a caprese panini on whole grain bread----YUM.
Got more basil today. Getting more mozzarella tomorrow. I think this time I'm going to buy a pizza shell and make a "caprese pizza."
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