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The sauce tomatoes from the previous post were technically included in our CSA bag this week though Pat and Brian let us take the shares of all the people who didn't want sauce tomatoes as well as our own 1 1/2 lb allotment. Also in the CSA bag were:
- 5 or 6 slicing tomatoes. I ate one on a sandwich and the rest layered with basil and garlic (also from the Market - there's a farm that specializes in garlic, some of which are better raw and some better cooked), and drizzled with balsamic vinegar.
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes - I've just been snacking on these. I grew cherry tomatoes this year but they ended up flavorless. These are perfectly juicy and sweet.
- 1 bag of basil - in addition to eating basil with my sliced tomatoes, I threw basil into every recipe I made that I thought could handle it including a Thai summer squash stew.
- 1 bunch carrots - half of these went into the tomato paste and the other half I served as a side for sandwiches
- 1 lb zephyr squash (it looks like yellow squash only half is green) - these also went into the Thai summer squash stew
- 1 lb cucumber - snacking mostly
We also got a tub of Goat Lady Dairy Three Heat chevre which includes a blend of jalapenos, Texas Pete and, my favorite kind of heat, horseradish. We ate some of this on pita, and some in an omelet and most of the remaining in pita pockets with sautéed mushroom, onion, Gimmie Lean soy sausage and peach salsa. Tonight I'm finally going to cook the eggplant we also got, using Rob's favorite recipe which is a cheese lasagna but I use grilled slices of eggplant instead of noodles (see recipe below).