Welcome to Varying Veggies! I had hoped to get more of the site done before posting, but summer is upon us and the veggies are not waiting. Therefore, I will work on the site as we go through the season.
After a very wet Spring, we have finally entered Summer here in Central New York. Our family received our first crop share (box #1) last Tuesday and we’re looking forward to box #2 in 2 days, so we’re going to overlap here a bit. You will see that we will do this as some of our veggies (radishes, beets, etc) last longer than others (dark leafy greens). Of course, this means we were inspired by our beets first last week. Oh well.
Here is last week’s box contents:
Kale
Pea tendrils
Radishes
Beets
Mix of Herbs–choice of thyme, oregano, sage, chives, garlic chives, marjoram, mint, or lemon balm (we chose marjoram and thyme)
Potted Herbs–choice of oregano, sage, lemon balm, or basil (we chose basil)
Chard
Spinach
Kohlrabi
So far we’ve made Borscht with some of the beets and rainbow chard and Red Flannel Hash with the rest of the beets. I’ll be posting those recipes soon. We’re planning to use the rest of the rainbow chard and kale for either soup or pad thai (two of our go-to uses for these). The spinach will be made into a spinach and strawberry salad. I’m still pondering the pea tendrils, baby greens, and green onions. I’ll let you know.
Do you see the cute little basil plant in the back? A live plant is a first this year. It will go into our garden for future pesto, marinara sauce, and a caprese salad I look forward posting about later.
More to come…
Kathy
Varying Veggies 
Enjoy your basil plant! I always have one and it survives heat and drought until late fall! Waiting to see what kohlrabi turns into in your blog…
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We already have 3 big basil plants in the garden that we bought at a local nursery. This new one will go out with those. I see a lot of pesto in our future!
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