Category Archives: Storage and Preparation

Freezing Whole Tomatoes and Tomatillos

Posted on August 27, 2024 by mo

Just a quick post to let you know that you you don’t have to make sauce or peel and prepare tomatoes or tomatillos for later use. You can easily freeze pop your whole tomatoes or tomatillos and it couldn’t be … Continue reading →

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Storing Shredded or Spiralized Zucchini

Posted on July 23, 2024 by mo

It recently dawned on me that I can shred or make ‘zucchini noodles’ (like they sell at Whole Foods) at home, at a fraction of the price, and store it for at least a week in containers in the refrigerator. … Continue reading →

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BIG (really big) Celery This week

Posted on September 19, 2023 by mo

This week CSA is getting celery. It’s all really big. Bigger than what you get at the grocery store. It’s so big I had to stand across the room to take the photo. I put my rolling pin in there … Continue reading →

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Reviving Greens

Posted on July 19, 2022 by mo

Reviving greens to (almost) their just harvested freshness is super easy. You can revive any greens, kale, lettuce, chard, arugula, even broccoli will work using this method. This droopy bunch of kale is about a week old. It was in … Continue reading →

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How to Clean and Prepare Leeks

Posted on September 28, 2021 by mo

I love leeks. I always grow lots of leeks, scallions and chives because I prefer them to white or yellow onions. You will have leeks as a choice this week in your CSA share. I hope you try them. Onions … Continue reading →

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Different kinds of winter squash-which are interchangeable?

Posted on October 28, 2020 by mo

I love late season and storage vegetables and I really love winter squash. Here is a primer of some of the different kinds of winter squash we have and which are interchangeable with each other. Clockwise these are buttercup, butternut, … Continue reading →

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Ways To Make The Most Of Your CSA

Posted on May 25, 2020 by mo

Last week I suggested having a look around the recipe section on our website for ideas on managing your CSA. I hope you had a minute to do that.  Here are a couple more ideas I hope you will find … Continue reading →

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Freezing Sweet Peppers and Roasted Chili Peppers

Posted on September 24, 2019 by mo

A couple of years ago I did a post on Freezing Summers Bounty. This is pretty much a repost/reminder  to you that you don’t have to eat all your CSA share in one week. You can easily freeze some and … Continue reading →

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Dinner and Potluck Ideas Using CSA Vegetables

Posted on August 19, 2019 by mo

I love preparing and eating summer vegetables. I don’t have any recipes in this post, just a few pictures of food I made and some I didn’t make, to hopefully inspire you to think outside the box using your shares. … Continue reading →

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Storing Zucchini and Summer Squash

Posted on July 22, 2019 by mo

This time of year every CSA share in the country will probably have some zucchini or summer squash included in their share, ours does!  You’ll want to store it properly to keep it fresh until you are ready to use … Continue reading →

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