CSA

I was super excited to finally pick up my first CSA box last night! If you aren’t yet aware, CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. There are all sorts of local farms offering programs that make it easy for us to eat nutritiously, organically, adventurously and cost-effectively. I just love the idea of getting quality produce that is chemical-free and straight from my neighborhood farm.

I decided to do a trial run the large box, every two weeks with Be Wise Ranch. They had the most convenient pick-up location for me on the way home from work but I’ve heard great things about many other programs as well.

Here’s what I got this week:

4 avocados
4 oranges
3 grapefruit
4 pounds strawberries
8 carrots
1 head broccoli
6 small red bell peppers
2 bunches asparagus
1 bunch cilantro
1 bag spring mix
2 more heads of lettuce varieties
1 bunch of dandelion greens
1 mysterious bag of unknown roots…

Only weird thing to me is the dandelion greens, but hey – we’re being adventurous right? I’ve found that you can cook them up like chard or something so I’ll have to give it a try. Oh, and as for the mystery bag, I think they’re probably radishes but I thought radishes were more round.

What do you think? Please confirm that these are radishes, por favor…

Overall, I’m very happy with the contents and look forward to using up all our goodies and having fun in the kitchen with ingredients we wouldn’t have ordinarily tried. I’ll update again after we’ve gone through it all and can attest to the quality, and the size of box for the two of us. It’s a LOT of food, especially greens, but I’m hoping I’ll just be motivated to eat better so that it doesn’t go to waste.