Turns out I have another recipe to share, and then for real I have posts on skin care coming up. Exciting!
I finally signed up for a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). What took me so long?! I think it’s because my inner control freak couldn’t handle the thought of getting produce that wasn’t part of my master meal plan.
Well I finally signed up for one and picked up my first box last Friday. I was by far the most excited person there, jumping up and down showing strangers what I got, saying Look, I got one of these! They were like…yeeaah, take it easy lady.
This is a Romanesco. So beautiful. Tastes like cauliflower.
This is what I got in my CSA delivery:
- 5lb bag of potatoes
- bananas
- 4 kiwi’s
- carton of strawberries
- 1 bunch rainbow chard
- 1 head butter lettuce
- 1 romanesco
- 2 red peppers
- 2 yellow peppers
- 4 tomatoes
- 2 cucumbers
- 2 zucchini
The whole thing only cost $25 and it was all organic! And then the fun part: pretending like I’m iron chef figuring out how I’m going to use all these items up in a week! FUN!
I decided I wanted to make a cucumber “salsa” to put on my salads and it turned out so good! I’m sure there are a gazillion recipes like this on the internet, but I didn’t look at any of those, I just got out my food processor and started mincing away. The end result was just perfect.
Cucumber Salsa
- 2 cucumbers
- 1 red bell pepper (seeds removed)
- 1 yellow bell pepper (seeds removed)
- 1 red onion
- 1 bunch cilantro (minced, stems and all in the food processor)
- 2 teaspoons garlic
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- lemon juice to taste
- salt to taste
- cayenne pepper to taste
Use a food processor to dice all ingredients. Place everything in a bowl and stir. Consume liberally.
I used the butter lettuce for the base of my salad and then added some fajita meat I picked up at Whole Foods. I drizzled on a little olive oil and added some avocado and voila, that’s a gourmet salad right there!
That was a short post today, I know, but that’s all I have for now!
Enjoy your weekend!
Laura
