What's In The Boston Box?

DiStribution WEek #1

Every other week shares/Senior and Full shares pick up today!

this is the box that will be available
at our Boston Distributions on Thursday

Curly Kale: The first pick of the season is always the most tender. Great for making salads or just saute it up.

Lettuce: Lots of spring lettuce available right now. This week you will get romaine and red curly.Its salad time!

Potatoes: The last of last season’s harvest. These are Kennebec, a white potato, great roasted. baked or mashed. Store them in your fridge if you are going to hold them longer then a week.

Sweet potatoes: One of our favorite crops. Great however you like sweet potatoes. Store them in your pantry or cupboard but not in your fridge (sweet potatoes are a tropical crop and the cold will damage them).

Popcorn: Popcorn takes a long time to be ready for your snack bowl and last year we had a particularly nice crop. We grew it all summer long, protected it from the deer, harvested it in the late fall, dried it down all winter in the greenhouse protecting it from critters and now it is finally ready for the CSA. Kids love our popcorn (or at least ours does). Just have them take the kernels of the ears (a spoon works pretty well for this or just use your fingers), put them in a pot with some oil and a lid, put it on medium heat and let it pop away until the popping slows. Add salt for an excellent snack.Butternut squash: Scoop out the seeds and roast or chop up for soups and stews. Store on your counter but not in your fridge (they don’t like it cold).

Radishes: We only plant these red beauties in the spring. Slice into your spring salad for color and crunch. Store them wrapped in an airtight bag in the fridge.

Bok choi: Bok choi is a nutritional powerhouse commonly used in Asian cooking. Great in stir-fries or however you like it. Dirt gets trapped in the base where the leaves connect so make sure you wash them well.