Well, between what I have left over from last week, and what I received this week in my Two Small Farms CSA box, I have a lot of lettuce! Loads of it. 5 heads of mini-romaine and two big hulking heads of red leaf. Gorgeous lettuce, just not sure how we get through it all. Thank goodness for worms!
Also last week, since I could not wait, I bought two new cookbooks – Local Flavors by Deborah Madison and Whole Grains Every Day Every Way by Lorna Sass, my personal cookbook hero. I plan to try out a couple recipes in the next few weeks before rendering my recommendation.
In our box this week, I found: Agretti, Purple Scallions, Baby Red Chard, Green Garlic (frankly, scallions, green garlic and young shallots all kind of look the same to me!), Lettuce, Strawberries and Yellow Summer Squash. My menu plan for this week is:
Sunday: Mother’s Day Dinner – Chicken Scaloppine with Sugar Snap Peas and Asparagus, from Cooking Light May 2009. Great recipe, easy and fresh!
Monday: Leftovers
Tuesday: Quinoa with Summer Squash and basil (from Whole Grains), grilled chicken, Salad
Wednesday: Leftovers
Thursday: Brown Rice Salad and flank steak with asian flavors (from Whole Grains), Agretti Salad, sautéed Baby Red Chard
Friday: TGIF Mini-block party (maybe I will bring a salad)
For more Menu Plan Monday ideas, check out Org Junkie.
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Apron Winners
And now the moment you have all been waiting for! Thank you to everyone who commented and participated in the cute kitchen apron contest, and a big shout out to my friend Erika for letting her entire Facebook network know about the contest. You rock!
The winners are:
Comment #1 Jenny of Making Lemonade
Comment #7 Maris of In Good Taste
For those of you who did not win, and if you live in the Bay Area, I would be happy to host an apron making party, complete with sewing machines and snacks. These kitchen aprons are easy and fun and customizing your own might be the way to go.
Hope you all had a Happy Mother’s Day!
