last few meals

I've been a little lame about posting. The farm is really starting to explode and we've had loads of salad of late. Sometimes I put in leftover rice. For one salad, I steamed, then cooled, chopped, and added a bunch of potatoes, beets, and cauliflower. Last night, we added homemade mozzarella cheese, which I occasionally pick up at the farm.

A few other meals:

• Roasted cauliflower -- chopped cauliflower, onions, and paneer tossed in olive oil, cumin seeds, ginger, garlic, and cayenne, then roasted in then oven. That night, I also sauteed (but did not pop) a lot of mustard seeds, then added chopped greens, lowered the heat, and steamed for a while. We tossed the greens with tahini and umeboshi plum paste and served brown rice on the side.
• A variation on the pasta and pesto meal. This time, I sauteed onions, then added greens broccoli, and cauliflower, and covered. When done, we tossed everything together. We *still* have pesto from last year and I imagine we'll start getting basil in large quantities soon.
• Tuesday, I made a shredded salad that looked rather festive. I got out the food processor and used the grating disk, processing summer squash, beets, and carrots. I chopped cucumber and some fresh green beans and we peeled some fresh peas and added some fresh herbs. The dressing was carrot juice, peanut butter, a little vinegar, some cayenne, and we added small amounts of chopped cheddar cheese at the table.

I'm finding that we're barely keeping up with our half-large share at the farm. I can't imagine taking on a small share by ourselves without giving or tossing away some of it. Right now, we're getting loads of lettuce and greens, radicchio, herbs, many kinds of summer squash, carrots and beets are starting, cucumbers, broccoli (though none this week - I took kale instead), snap peas, green beans, favas, fresh flowers. This week, I took home three very full grocery store plastic checkout bags and gave another three equally full bags to my share partner. Next week, my partner is away, so I get the entire large share to myself. I suspect I'll be handing a good deal of it out to neighbors or friends.