I say tomato...

Not yet. I wait and wait, but at least this time there was progress. There was one (1) ripe tomato at the farm. Not for each of us, one on the entire farm. They said they didn't want to split it between the 340 shares they offer. That's a lot of shares! So when we get two heads of lettuce, does that mean that they've grown 680 heads of lettuce that week? Geez.

They all but promised tomatoes in 2 weeks. I remember that once tomatoes started happening, I was happy for the rest of the season. With tomatoes come many other good things, like onions and green beans.

And on to this week's share:

• 1/2 bag of salad mix.
• 1 head of lettuce (this lettuce thing is going to happen for the rest of the season, but occasionally we get two heads of it).
• 1/2 bag of braising greens (these looked suspiciously like the salad mix, but they gave us an interesting recipe for a risotto that uses 12 cups of greens, so I think it'll be ok).
• 8 leaves of beautiful chard.
• 2 squash (I picked a two-toned and a zucchini).
• 1/2 bag of mix-n-match, so I chose 6 carrots (the limit), some turnips, bunching onions, and garlic scapes.
• 1 quart of fava beans (pick your own, these beans grow up rather than hang from the plant).
• Herbs, I chose some dill and Thai basil.
• 10 stems of flowers.

Now, if you are driving home on rt. 2 one night in the pouring rain, start hydroplaning towards the guard rail, and hit the breaks so that you are lucky enough to shoot across three lanes of traffic and don't die, the thing to do is to get off four exits early and go to Trader Joe's. This is exactly what happened last Thursday. I bought their masala simmer sauce, because I didn't know what to do with my chicken legs from the meat share.

I cut up some bunching onions and fried them in olive oil in the wok. I took out the chicken legs, which were actually three large leg/thigh pieces. I seared both sides of the meat in the wok, then covered with the masala sauce and a can of coconut milk. This officially makes it bad for low-fat diets, but good for just about everything else. I then let it simmer for an hour and added a bunch of chard, basil, and mint for the last few minutes. The chicken had tons of its own flavor and the veggies melded well with the sauce. It's amazing what good ingredients do for your cooking. Thank you local farms.