The Bounty

So besides an issue with pest control in our house (there have been no takers on the 8 traps we've set up), yesterday was fairly exciting just for the sheer amount of fruit and veggies we were able to score from our CSA. We got: 4 ears of corn, 3 red potatoes, 1 bunch of arugula, 1 head of lettuce, 3 zucchini/summer squash, tomatoes, apples, peaches, beets, kale (a new smaller curlier version that we've already eaten some of for those of you who worry about our kale consumption), blueberries, and cucumbers. We supplemented this incredible haul with another stop at Allendale Farms where we got those cute little plums, some Rainer cherries, a couple more round zucchini and a quart of strawberries. We stopped off at our local grocery store and bought 12 more ears of corn for $1.99 (it is soo yummy and sweet and also from a MA farm).

For lunch we had a loaf of ciabbatta bread spread with pesto and covered in toasted pine nuts, zucchini slices, kale and garlic, spring onion, and heirloom tomatoes topped with mozzarella cheese. For dinner, we stuffed those uber cute round zucchini squash with sausage my boy made, corn, cheese, tomatoes, mushrooms, garlic, and, of course, zuchini. It was yummy. Best of all, we had strawberry shortcakes for dessert with the incredible strawberries we had gotten from Allendale and with whole foods shortcakes that taste just like the bisquick shortcakes I grew up on (um, perhaps whole foods will be insulted, but I thought it was perfect).

Anyway, it was a lovely day for veggies and since it was chilly, we had the oven going most of the afternoon baking and roasting various items. We should have plenty of beets for pickled beets when my boy's family comes to visit (you know, if they'll still come to visit if we have a mouse running loose and the ceiling isn't fixed. . . ).