I thought it would be fun to join a CSA so I found Millican Farms, owned and operated by Steve and Tanya, and signed up for a half-share. They deliver a box of their current crop to my door every Tuesday, which is great!
I sometimes don’t know what I’ve been delivered, and I oftentimes don’t know how to cook whatever it is, which means it’s not saving time, at least not this first time around. But apparently I’m not the only one who doesn’t know, because after the first delivery Steve and Tanya started labeling the herbs (I could tell cilantro and basil but I didn’t recognize the dill by smell) and posting recipes for those of us who don’t know what to do with green tomatoes or mustard greens.
I’ve also ordered beef and eggs from them which I pay a little more for and it gets delivered to my door. I love getting things delivered, it’s like magic!
I did some great things with the squash, like soup. Radishes were a challenge, although they were tasty sliced thin and roasted with evoo and sea salt. I’m finding creative uses of cauliflower, which there’s been a lot of lately. The tomatoes have been great. Especially the tiny grape ones, we’ve put them in salads, and made great pasta sauce with them and used them along with farm fresh cilantro for a kick butt pico. But the greens, I’m trying different recipes but there have been a lot of greens, and I don’t love them, and truth be told I’m a little scared of them. Maybe I should’ve signed up in the warmer months to get fruit. That I know what to do with!
