June 7, 2008

Mom and Dad signed up for a Community Sustained Agriculture (CSA) program. Every week they get a box of vegetables from a local farm. It helps supports the local farmers, supports healthy land if you go through a farm that uses earth friendly farming practices (doesn't deplete the soil of all it's nutrients), it more economical than buying from a store, there is more variety so Mom and Dad are trying things they've never eaten before, and the produce is about as fresh as you can get. They get their food from Harmony Valley Farms (http://www.harmonyvalleyfarm.com/). Here is a web site from a couple who are also members of the CSA http://agoodappetite.blogspot.com/ . They have recipes that look really yummy. If you are interested in a CSA program near you, check out http://www.localharvest.org/ .

Here are a couple of dishes Mom made with the veggie they got in the box this week.

Everything except the chicken and peaches are from the farm (including the edible flower)!

Mom wasn't sure what to do with the rhubarb that came this week because she didn't really want to have a strawberry rhubarb pie hanging around the house to tempt her. She made it into rhubarb bread instead. I had some and really liked it. It was my first taste of sweet bread. the bread was pretty easy for me to eat and not choke on because it was soft but crumbly. It didn't last very long in the house!