The "Tell" - Springdell Summer CSA Pickup #2

Hi everyone! Jess here. Hope all is well, I apologize for the formatting as I’m still camping and trying to blog from my cell phone. Here’s hoping it reaches you in a relatively decent format!

Let’s take a look at the share box for this past week: 2 quarts of strawberries

-Jess left hers on the counter and watched them get devoured

-Sarah used hers in strawberry pancakes and the rest were eaten as is

2 red Russian kale

–kale pesto 2 ways

-Kale salad with Springdell hot sausage and mozzerella

1 bok choy

-Jess passed hers along to her uncle as she was going out of town

-Sarah used hers in stir fry

1 head of lettuce

-Jess had butter lettuce and enjoyed hers with seared scallops and kale pesto (the pecan version)

-Sarah had a few lunch salads out of her lettuce as well as enjoyed on her Egg Salad sandwiches

1 bunch of parsley

-Jess has plans for quinoa tabouleh at tomorrow’s Sunday dinner

-Sarah’s Egg salad sandwiches

-The Bucks enjoyed Smoothies almost every day this week!

1 winterbor kale

–kale pesto 2 ways

-smoothies

2 heads of lettuce (a beautiful purple variation)

-on and aside of Springdell burgers

-Lunch salads and sandwiches

1 bunch of collards

-boiled for about 10 minutes then sautéed in bacon fat

-Still waiting to be used at the Buck house

1 lacinato kale

-kale strawberry smoothie

-Steamed with garlic and butter

2 quarts of strawberries

-kale strawberry smoothies

-enjoyed as-is

-eggs ended up scrambled with Springdell bacon, and in eggs in a nest for Jess

–Egg Salad Sandwiches

-Hard boiled eggs for breakfast

Here are some of the Springdell meats and other honorable mentions of the week:

Camping with Springdell bacon and eggs for breakfast.

Camping with Springdell burgers and red leaf lettuce for dinner and collard greens boiled and then sautéed in bacon fat made a satisfying side.

Did I mention the beef short cut? This is Framer Jamie’s favorite piece of beef, and now I can see why! Just a quick sear on each side on your grill at high heat, and you are in for a tender and tasty treat!