What a sight for sore eyes for my tomato-starved, tomato-loving husband, who just yesterday wrote “tomatoes!!!” on our shopping list.
The abundance of fruit is incredible. Summer has arrived!
This delivery makes me very happy. Here’s what we got, roughly clockwise from the back: red lettuce, elephant garlic, rainbow swiss chard, yellow beans, Tuscany melon, strawberries, summer squash, ronde nice squash, heirloom tomatoes, carrots, rich lady yellow peaches, sweet fire apricots, yellow donut peaches, majestic pearl white nectarines, cherry tomatoes, yellow bell pepper, and burgundy spring onions. There was also the customary treat, this time two bars of delicious-looking chocolate-dipped shortbread. I’m trying to save that for dessert.
The way our delivery service, Auntie Em’s, works is like this: the owner has developed relationships with the local farmers at the farmer’s markets in the area from years of running a restaurant. Every weekend she visits five different markets and picks out the best of the best from what they’ve got to offer. I’m thrilled with our CSA, but they’re all set up a little different, so if you want to find out about one near you, check out Local Harvest to get the details.
Tonight we’ll enjoy the heavenly Heirloom Tomato Tart in Parmesan Crust with a simple green salad. My husband will be satisfying his tomato cravings for the next few days. And as for me, I’ll spend a good part of the week with peach juice dripping down my chin.
Happy Monday! Do you shop at Farmer’s Markets? Do you have CSA in your area? Please leave your tips and ideas for shopping and recipes for anything you see in the photo in the Comments.
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