- 1 bunch radishes – certified organic – Friends Road Organics
- 1 bunch scallions – certified organic – Friends Road and Bellview Organics
- 1 bunch garlic scapes – certified organic – Friends Road Organics
- 1 head broccoli – certified organic – Farmdale Organics
- 1 head Romaine lettuce – certified organic – Riverview Organics
- 1 head red leaf lettuce – certified organic – Misty Meadow and Railroad Organics
- 1 bunch Chioggia beets – certified organic – Millwood Springs Organics
- 2 green zucchinis – certified organic – Autumn Blend Organics
- 1 bunch turnips – certified organic – Goshen View Organics
- 1 head endive – certified organic – Meadow Valley Organics
- 1 bag arugula – certified organic – Farmdale Organics - .5 lbs
- 1 bunch cilantro – certified organic – Noble Herbs
Tomorrow, I'll make green soup with ginger, from Love Soup, and maybe some minestrone* too with those teeny-tiny zucchini, and the turnips, and for Thursday, I am planning on feeding friends a romaine salad with beets, walnuts and goat cheese. The cilantro is destined for a cilanto-pepita pesto which we will put inside and over some cheese flautas. So good, and since they are pan-fried, even Thomas will eat them. I'm not sure what to do with the garlic scapes.
*Ah crap, I just realized I might not be able to make minestrone until later this summer, when we get tomatoes from the farms. Until they are in season, I usually use a can of tomatoes in my minestrone, but I recently read about the amounts of bisphenol-A present in canned tomatoes, and I won't eat them or feed them to my loved ones anymore. I don't have a source for tomatoes in glass jars, and I ran out of the ones I canned last summer sometime in January. Yep, I am one of THOSE people. Years ago someone asked me if I heated my lunches in their plastic containers. "No way!" I said, horrified at the thought. "Yeah, I thought so," was the response, with the "you're one of THEM." left implied.
3 comments:
Lauren J was just telling me how much she loves garlic scapes. Ask her what to do with them!
I guess I feel okay about the rarity of our exposure to plastic risks. I use canned tomatoes 4-5x a year. I've tried to reduce my use of canned food in general for reasons of taste, sodium, and nutrition. I heat food in plastic containers 1-2x a week, and that's mostly for me, not the babes. Nichol had milk warmed in a plastic bottle once every couple of months, etc. Everything in moderation, watchful moderation.
I wonder if there are any chunky-style pasta sauces in glass jars that would work for you. Might make the broth too tomatoey, though.
--SECP
Thanks for the ideas. I'm going to nudge Lauren J about the scapes. They are piling up in my fridge, looking beautiful.
Hmm, maybe Annie's pasta sauce in a jar would be the tomato I need in my minestrone.
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