Baby food

This past week's share was very green again. We got collards, rapini, tat soi, arugula, basil, lettuce, broccoli, cucumbers, fennel, shallots, onions, green peppers, potatoes, radish, hakurei turnips, parsley and tomatoes. Yikes.

My cousin flew into town with her eight month old on Thursday. We promptly ate the one tomato the best way I know how - a sandwich, with mayo, salt and pepper.

On Friday I blended up broccoli with a bit of water to make homemade baby food. (I blanched it first.) She didn't love it, but it was her very first time tasting broccoli, so you can't blame her or the vegetable.

I never got around to freezing the pesto starter but it was doing fine in the fridge. We had last minute dinner guests on Friday so we added the parmesan and pine nuts and voila, a light summer dinner for five, made in 12 minutes.

The tomatoes are not from the share - they were a gift from a friend's bountiful garden. We still have basil leaves in the fridge left from last week and I'm afraid to look at them. I have a feeling they're past their prime.

Saturday and Sunday were a bust for farm share cooking because we went to Northampton. It was hard enough just getting the baby stuff together, I completely forgot to bring veggies.

For lunch yesterday I was desperate to eat something from the share so I had a pesto vegetable sandwich. Pesto on both sides of the bread with sliced cucumbers, shredded carrots and radishes, and leaf lettuce. It needed some more flavor. Maybe a slice of cheese...

Last night I made stir fry yet again. Like I said, I'm trying to master this so I don't have to open my cookbook. Plus I was so tired that I didn't feel like experimenting. Hey, at least this time there are some different colors in there.

I put in onions, green pepper, hakurei turnips (from last week), carrots (from two weeks ago), rapini, tat soi, garlic, ginger and tofu. Like the last recipe I used peanut oil, sherry and soy sauce. Then I just realized this morning that I must've put arugula in there because it's in our share list this week and there was a third green that I put in not knowing what it was. Oops! Not the best use of arugula, which I love raw.

So it's Tuesday morning and we have the following left to deal with: collards, basil, lettuce, cucumbers, fennel, carrots, shallots, onions, potatoes, radish, hakurei turnips and parsley. Wish us luck!