CSA Week 2 and Menu Plan

This weeks Farm Share includes... Mesclun, Lettuce, Italian dandelion Greens, Baby Turnips with Greens, Radishes with Greens, Arugula, Cilantro, Dill, and Ultra Lean Hamburger Patties

Tuesday ~ Grilled Pork Loin with Mustard Dill Sauce and Quick Pickled Zucchini

Wednesday ~ Sandwiches

Thursday ~ Sauteed Garlic Dandelion Pasta (Recipe from 8 Mile Creek Farm)

Friday ~ Pita Pizza with Arugula topping...(tried it with spinach last week and it was great, this week the newsletter from the farm suggests putting Arugula as a topping on pizza so we shall give it a shot!)

Saturday ~ Cilantro and Lime Chicken

Sunday ~ Burgers and Baby Turnip Slaw

Monday ~ Radish and Sesame Soy Noodle Salad

Two tips from the farm... 1) Apparently Turnip Greens are extremely healthy and packed with all sorts of nutrients and make an excellent salad when chopped up, and 2) Radish greens make an excellent soup so it was suggested we save the greens from this week and add them to the Radishes we get next week to make the soup...

Farm Share Week 1 and Menu Plan

We got our first Farm Share this week! Lots and lots of greens :) which is something I have virtually no experience with so there will be alot of experimenting this week! So glad we did this, because these are things I would completely skip over at the market, plus we can test things out and see if we want to try and grow them ourselves next summer.

So quite obviously each week this little box is going to dictate what our menu plan looks like! Hopefully it will always look nice and healthy ~ which will make me a very happy mommy :)

This weeks box contains ~ 1 lb (Ultra Lean Corn Fed) Ground Beef, Mixed Green Salad, Spinach, Arugula, Broccoli Raab, Garlic Scapes, Culinary Lavender and Lettuce.

I used the Garlic Scapes last night to make a type of Garlic Scape spread on bread to have with Spaghetti and Meatballs :) soooo yummy I will post the recipe soon.

Speaking of recipes each week the we get a sheet of recipes emailed to us from the Farm to give us suggestions of what to make with our veggies...very helpful and where I am going to be getting most of my recipes from this week.

So anyway on to the Menu Plan

Tuesday ~ Something involving Ground Beef, Arugula and Rice...which will require some experimenting so I will post the results later :)

Wednesday ~ Sandwiches...Maybe soup? Depends on what the weather does.

Thursday ~ Porkchops (that I never made last week...) with Spinach Salad

Friday ~ Broccoli Raab and Chick-Pea Pita Pizza (Recipe from 8 Mile Farm)

Saturday ~ Hamburgers with Salad

Sunday ~ Meatloaf (as Requested by Matt)

Monday ~ Depends on what we get in the Box...I will figure out a way to use something in there :)

Also I am going to use the Lavender in a Scone recipe that came from the Farm :) never made scones before so this will be a first on 2 levels...

Hot Fudge Oreo Sundae Brownies

Alright I made this recipe twice in two days and to be honest they weren't as great as I thought they had the potential to be...

I found the original recipe here which was actually an edit of this recipe from Picky Palate

These definitely weren't the best brownies I have ever made, though the first batch came out a bit better (if not a bit under cooked...) than the second batch I still don't think I would make them again. At least not with the Oreo in them. When I made these I don't know if it was the brownie mix I used or the amount of hot fudge/ice cream that I guesstimated but my Oreos floated in the mix and I think that caused them to get a bit over cooked and rock hard on top. Not cool when the rest of the brownie was nice and ooey gooey.

I think next time I am going to go off of the Picky Palate recipe and just forego the Oreos and see how that turns out.

Pasta with Pesto Creme Sauce

This turned out to be an AWESOME dish! It was light and fresh and easy...perfect for a quick Saturday meal.

We picked up some fresh basil from the farmer's market and I went to town for dinner. Even with the few mistakes I made it was pretty tasty :)

I found the original recipe on Pioneer Woman's website Here

Now for the version I came up with I some how forgot to add the garlic (ahhh the horror!!!!) and somehow I came up with way too much sauce, but it was still awesome.

Cassie ate it, but grudgingly (I think because of the color...) we had to mix it with tomato sauce for her to eat. However, I will absolutely be making this again, except next time I may add some chicken to the mix as well, I think that would make this great dish absolutely fantastic :).

Just a teaser :)

Just put these pretty little bites in the oven, Hot Fudge Oreo Sundae Brownies...recipe and review to come soon!

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Things to try making...

I always seem to be looking for some new recipe or another...here's a list of the top things I am looking for *THE* perfect recipe for...

Red Sangria

Soft Pretzels

Granola Bars

(NON DEEP FRIED) Donuts

Orange Cheesecake

Frappuccino

Stromboli

Brownies

Menu Plan

The theme this week is quick and easy :)

Monday ~ Sandwiches

Tuesday ~ Pineapple Pork Chops

Wednesday ~ Apple Pie Chicken

Thursday ~ Pasta with Pesto Creme Sauce

Friday ~ Meatball subs

Saturday ~ Chicken and Veggie Gravy over Puff Toast

Sunday ~ Sloppy Joes

Menu Plan

Let me just say, trying to find yummy sounding recipes that wont heat the entire house in 90 degree weather isn't very easy plus the littlest Miss and I are sick so I'm not feeling all that inventive sooo this weeks Menu is what it is... :)

Monday ~ Sandwiches

Tuesday ~ Beef and Gravy Noodles

Wednesday ~ Cheese Steaks

Thursday ~ Beef and Been Burritos (Since we didn't get to them a couple weeks ago)

Friday ~ Chicken Nuggets (Movie Night!)

Saturday ~ Birthday Party

Sunday ~ French Toast