This weeks CSA box consisted of greens, greens, greens! There were a few new veggies we have never tried before:

• Butterhead Lettuce


• Rainbow Swiss Chard


• Spring Spinach


• Snap Peas


• Bok Choy


• Musselburg Leeks


• Lovage

We have been snacking away on snap peas dipped in hummus and salsa. The fresh spinach has added a nice touch to the veggie egg-white omelettes in the morning, and our best creation this week was "Hodgepodge Soup." In the picture above, Brad is enjoying the freshly homemade vegetarian soup using leeks and lovage.

Hodgepodge Soup

• 8 cups organic vegetable broth


• 1 can cannelini beans


• 1 can black beans


• 1 can diced tomatoes


• 1 can cut green beans


• 1 can sweet peas


• 3 large leeks


• 1 sprig lovage


• 1 green pepper, diced


• 1 red pepper, diced


• 1/2 red onion, diced


• Chili powder, garlic salt, sea salt and pepper to taste

Enjoy!

Love Your Veggies!

In lieu of being "green" and eating healthy, my boyfriend and I decided to support our local farmers at Abundant Harvbest. A Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm in Hillsboro, Oregon, Abundant Harvest grows high quality, nutritous produce without synthetic herbicides or pesticides, so we get all the goodness nature has to offer!

We joined the farm by purchasing a "share"of the season's bounty. In return for our financial support early in the season, bi-weekly from May to October we get to pick up a box of freshly harvested fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers. What we like best about CSA is that as members we get to know who's growing our food and the methods the farmers use. We get to eat seasonally, support local farmers, and eat fresh and healthy foods. We are also anticipating getting to try a variety of new veggies we wouldn't typically buy at the grocery stores. Exciting!