Fall harvests

Ah, so it's fall time. Fall time means that it's time to pick things as rapidly as possible so that they won't go bad! I picked up my veggies on Tuesday, and here's the take (from memory!):

• 1 bag of salad mix.
• 1 head of lettuce.
• 1 bulb of garlic.
• 3 field tomatoes.
• 8 leaves of kale.
• 3/4 a bag of mix n' match, including all kinds of green, purple, hot, red, big little peppers; carrots; onions; potatoes.
• 1 watermelon (I haven't opened it to see if it's great or red yet).
• Pick your own tomatoes, including a pint of cherry, a pint of plum, a few heirloom, and then unlimted of this one kind for sauce and gazpacho.
• Unlimited pick-your-own beans.
• 4 plants of edamame. When I got to the farm, people were walking around with all these plants...they told me it was easier it we just pulled up the plants. They are covered with edamame pods!
• Unlimited field herbs, plus herbs from the tea and herb gardens. More to freeze!

It was my sister Christine's birthday, so Jean and I trekked up to New Hampshire and we all made mango chicken and a yummy salad. Mango chicken doesn't use much from the farm, except onions and garlic, but it's one of the best things ever...especially when you add a can of coconut milk. I'm still looking for something grown in MA that could replace coconut milk, but I've had to cut back to just using the stuff only every now and again.

Jean is a bit overwhelmed by veggies. We had a meal that included a beet and carrot slaw, roasted beets potatoes carrots beans and peppers, corn on the cob (so sweet, didn't need butter or salt!), and ground beef with a bunch of peppers and eggplant. Yum stuff.