CSA on July 30

Looks like both Denise and I missed posting last week - things have been pretty busy for me and I've simply not had time - I'm sure the same thing is true for her.

At last we are getting tomatoes - they had held back on the early tomatoes making sure that their crops were not tainted or contaminated. Last week I got a small box of the cherry tomatoes - we ended up just eating them all straight out of the box as snacks for the next few days.

This week I've got several very ripe red tomatoes and a few plum yellow ones. We've had one green tomato which got sliced so fast and fried, it never knew what hit it!

This week there is a small mess of beans - similar to October beans. I've shelled them and they are on to cook - they are definitely a variety that gets shelled and cooked.

Also this week, a few carrots, cucumbers, bell peppers, white corn, peaches and red onions.

Last week I had some new potatoes, a few carrots and a big onion. I scrubbed it all up, sliced it up in chunks, covered it with some low sodium fat free chicken broth and cooked until the potatoes and carrots were tender. We ate this with green beans and sliced tomatoes and cucumbers - excellent supper, very little fat, no one missed having meat.

I've gotten a lot of bell peppers, so we've had fajitas and eat them raw sliced with ranch dressing. Don't forget these can be diced and packaged in zip locks bags for use in the winter.

Another big cantalope this week - for any of you that suffer from fluid retention, fresh cantalope seems to be a very natural diuretic. Now, there's no MD after my name (as I'm often told) so don't skip any meds on my word!