What's all this then?

We'll see is the answer. Will this be a one time experiment in blogging or a lifelong passion ranging far and wide?

In the short term, I wanted to document and share my family's experience with Community Supported Agriculture. I've always been very interested in food and self-reliance and so we make a lot of our foodstuffs ourselves. The next step was to start sourcing our own food. Frankly, last fall our farmer's market tab started eclipsing even our cable bill.

So, we signed on for Steven Parker's farm. Or, as I like to think about it, the farm to sign up for when you're signing up to late for any of the more tony farms in Lincoln or Weston. But that's OK. No fresh cut flowers, but the price is right and he delivers to central square.

When we signed up, my first worry was that we would enthusiastically consume all the greens the first week or two and then loose steam and wind up throwing out a lot of produce. I thought by writing about what I've done with the share will help me stay focused on coming up with new and innovative uses.

So, week 1:

Spinach - I washed it and steamed it and chopped it up. It's only one bunch so it won't be enough for creamed spinach, but should make a nice dip, or a frittata or quiche for lunch next week.

Arugula, Mustard Greens & Pea Tendrils - in anticipation of the greens, we got some buttermilk and made a nice light ranch dressing. The spicy mustard greens are perfectly complemented by the cool, tangy dressing if I do say so myself. We had salad for dinner last night. Again for lunch today (with a little left-over grilled chicken) and we'll toss the rest tonight since we have something like 50 or so people coming over.

Tune back in next week to see what comes in next and to learn if we wind up eating the spinach or not.