I am having a lot of fun with my weekly CSA (community shared agriculture) regular share from Potomac Vegetable Farms [1]. Each week I can’t wait to open my bag to see what new foods I’m going to find. This week here is what I received: sweet onions, fresh garlic, thai basil, asian eggplant, shallots, swiss chard, chocolate mint, squash, and blueberries. I don’t think I’ve ever eaten asian eggplant and I’m really looking forward to that. I’m not a fan of mint so I never knew there was even such a thing as chocolate mint. I’m going to have to give that one a try.
More swiss chard to eat and I’m looking forward to you sharing your recipes with me tomorrow on Friday Foodie Fix. I’m adding mine to a soup today.
I’ll also be using some of my favorite spice blends from Penzeys Spices [2]. For those who keep asking about Shallot Pepper, Bouquet Garni, Parisien Bonnes Herbs, Fox Point, Sunny Paris and all of the other individual spices and herbs I use, here is the catalog [3] where you can order some for yourself. They also have many store locations around the country. Find a location near you [4] or order online or by calling. Just an FYI, they don’t pay me to share this information of give me free products. Any opinion I share on this blog is my opinon and I have lots of those.
Happy Summer!
