CSA goodness

The one thing I knew I'd miss the most about life in Belgium and was dead on right was the food. Not cuisine per se, but just the fresh, high quality, delicious, cheap food that isn't laced with sugar, salt, preservatives. Coffee I'm getting along with, beer I'm paying for (although I've switched more to the IPA varieties), cheese I'm mostly doing without, and veggies are coming from my CSA. Still working on the efficient usage of the whole box and certainly some weeks are better than others, but here is a sampling of some of the produce and yummy things we've made. Of course the ultimate balance is between finding the time to cook (in the heat) and will I be the only one to eat it. Usually we alternate between curried apple kale one night and mac and cheese the next and call it a compromise. The winner so far has been this week's watermelon. Morgan and I ate half of it just while chopping it up and only stopped to save some for tomorrow. Best recipe yet, the goat cheese, walnut, and beet salad from the eggsonsunday blog. (As my dear friend tells me I'm a scientist I couldn't possibly cook without a recipe...at least to start with).