There is a box sitting on our kitchen island right now, holding an assortment of fruits and vegetables. But my favorite part of the box is the bunch of carrots sitting right on the top, bundled together with their green tops still attached. Ever since the box arrived, late Friday evening, I’ve been dipping into the box to snack on those carrots. They are small and sweet and incredibly delicious, and the very best part about them is that, because Richard is not a fan of raw carrots, they are all *mine*.
The box is the second one we’ve received from Farm Fresh to You, a local organic CSA. Right now, we’re getting the Small box, every other week, since we figured it was better to start slow and make sure we can use up everything they deliver. It’s also giving us a chance to try some new (to us) items. The first box came with a big bunch of kale, which I turned into this soup, and it was so delicious we are already looking forward to making more. This box’s new-to-us ingredient is baby bok choy, so I suspect there’ll be some new stir-fries in our future as we figure out how to use that up.
It’s been a productive weekend so far, carrot-snacking aside. I had Friday off, so I whipped up a batch of whole wheat pizza dough and made half a dozen little mini pizzas to toss into the freezer. Friday evening we had dinner with some friends, and then (finally) went to see Coraline in 3-D. The 3-D technology is absolutely amazing, and the movie was a lot of fun (and I say that not just because all those tiny little sweaters were knit by hand). Yesterday we spent most of the day in Napa, eating lunch with the extended family and celebrating my older sister’s birthday. And today we’ve already vacuumed and mopped and done several loads of laundry, and later there will be more constructing of mini pizzas with the rest of the dough, and the making of a huge batch of that kale and potato soup, and an alto sectional for the women’s ensemble, and if there is time I will try to get the taxes done and finalize the sock pattern that’s been accepted for Knotions’ summer issue. Phew.