More salad greens than I know what do with!

Date: 2009.07.04 | Category: Daily Life | Tags:

On Wednesday my husband picked up box #2 of our weekly CSA. I was warned from the farmer that we’d get a lot of food, be prepared, however nothing could have prepared me to spend an hour washing, chopping and spinning salad greens. I now have more salad greens than I know what do with.

This is what came in box #2: a Nasturtium plant, strawberries, broccoli, Red Boston lettuce, a bag of spinach and field greens mix, more sunflower sprouts, and more garlic whips (technically called garlic scapes, but they look like whips).

The head of Red Boston lettuce was about the size of my Tupperware Thats-a-bowl! I had to soak it, wash the leaves, chop and spin it in segments. Everytime I thought I was done spinning lettuce my husband would ask if I was ready for more yet. And here’s the thing, the farmer sends a newsletter with the box and she is actually disappointed that the boxes aren’t FULLER!

The food is great though. It’s all organic and locally grown. There is just so much of it! Since I don’t eat broccoli or strawberries, and we still have left over cauliflower from last week, I’ve told my husband that every time he opens the door to the fridge he needs to eat one of those three things. Each and every time.

No exceptions.

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