Week 4 Summary

Well, Week 4 came and went, and as I worried, it was not our best in terms of making good use of what we got. Here's a recap:

Bok Choy: we ate about half, and about half of it went to waste. The half we used went into this stir-fry recipe with chicken, and some broccoli and snow peas (which came in our Week 5 box).

Green Leaf Lettuce: we still have it. Didn't use any last week but had some last night and it's still in decent shape.

Cilantro: mostly gone. A bunch went into this dressing recipe, another bunch into some guacamole last night, and now there's just a little bit left.

Purple Mizuna: gone! All of it went into the pineapple rice recipe last week.

Rainbow Chard: Sadly, we let our whole bundle go to waste. Ugh. We had a frittata recipe picked out to try that looked great, but the week just got away from us and we didn't cook as many nights as we'd planned to. Of all the veggies we've gotten so far this year, chard seems to have the shortest life-span in the fridge, so we really need to make a note to use it up in the first few days after it's delivered.

Green Romaine Lettuce: we had to throw it out, totally unused. We cleaned out the fridge on Friday night and it just was not in good shape. Super sad.

French Breakfast Radishes: We didn't use any last week, but ate some last night and have something else in mind this week for what is left.

Young Broccoli: Tonight I have plans to blanch (or steam) and freeze what's left.

Scallions: They got about half-used up, here and there throughout the week. We have some left and they are holding up okay so we'll hang on to them. 

Strawberries: gone! Between salads, snacks, and the strawberry rhubarb crumb cake, we made our way through them easily. Yum.

Applesauce: working our way through it (less of a time-limit on this one, thankfully).

2 Chicken Breasts: ate one in the stir-fry, and the other is still frozen.

4 Chicken Thighs: still frozen

4 Chicken Legs: Steve roasted these with some Old Bay on Sunday night - very good!


Week 4 Links
Pineapple Rice (on a Bed of Mizuna Greens)
Strawberry Rhubarb Crumb Cake


So good, bad, or ugly, that is how the cookie (or the lettuce?) crumbled for Week 4. I feel pretty disappointed and guilty about the stuff that we had to throw out, but part of the problem was that we just got so much stuff in our Week 4 box - more than I think we really could have used, even if we had been more organized.

In any case, once we finally had the chance to stop and take a breath at the end of our busy week, cleaning out the fridge and taking inventory of all our produce was a step in the right direction to getting back on track. By then, we had already gotten a new CSA box, so cutting our losses and making a list of everything we still had (both old and new) was a huge help in making the meal plan for this week. And I feel like we're in much better shape so far this week. More about that coming soon!