On the 2nd of May our local CSA season started. It is still a bit too cold for the time of year over here (we even had night frost during the weekend) so the weekly loot is small — but TASTY!

Amelishof organic CSA vegetables week 20, 2012

Amelishof organic CSA vegetables week 20, 2012

  • Red leaf lettuce
  • Bundle garlic
  • Rhubarb
  • Escarole
  • Plum tomatoes (grown in an unheated glass house)
  • Thyme

Menuplan May 15th – 19th

  • Tuesday (dinner guest) ~ vegan Chinese takeaway: mini lumpias, satay, tofu in Tausi (black bean) sauce, bami goreng, cassava krupuk.
  • Wednesday ~ Indonesian dinner: rice with toemis broad-leaved endive (escarole), tempeh boemboe Bali, leftover satay & krupuk.

    Indonesian dinner

    Indonesian dinner

  • Thursday ~ Lettuce soup, mushroom spaghetti with veg balls Provençal, escarole salad with mandarin and mustard dressing. Leftover beetroot-poppyseed cake.
  • Indonesian dinner: Nasi goreng, leftover tempeh boemboe Bali & toemis escarole, garden peas ‘Indonesian style’ (with soy sauce & curry), lalab (lettuce, cucumber, carrot & sambal).
  • Saturday ~ Savoury crêpes for the Evernote Cook-along
  • Mediterranean vegetable stew (recipe acquired via Uniflame), salad.

Also planned: rhubarb cake and lentil loaf.

This week I’m testing my sustainable Salad Sac full of already washed lettuce leaves!

Sustainable Salad Sac

Amelishof organic CSA vegetables week 19, 2012

Amelishof organic CSA vegetables week 19, 2012

  • Spinach
  • Lettuce
  • Red bell pepper
  • Spring onion
  • Combo of turnip tops and rocket
  • Leek

Amelishof organic CSA vegetables week 18, 2012

1st Amelishof organic CSA vegetables of the season (week 18, 2012)

  • Spinach
  • Curly red leaf lettuce
  • Radishes
  • Rhubarb
  • Bundle garlic
  • Tomatoes

Meals made with these vegetables:

Spicy spinach

Cherry-rhubarb crumble

Nasi goren with steamed spinach and mushroom salad