Foraging for Farm Camp

I'm always amazed at how I can pull together a meal when I look in the fridge and feel like we're out of food. Some leftovers, berries from the bush, the last few pieces of bread, mother-in-law's rhubarb jam...voila!
Ryan & AJ's lunches: spicy baked tofu; shiitake mushrooms; berries (for Ryan) & raisins (for AJ); cucumber slices; carrot sticks; 1/2 pbj sandwich. They also shared some of the farm's daily Stone Soup, having contributed a can of kidney beans.
This was AJ's first time at "Farm Camp". The weather couldn't have been more perfect for him...overcast and 70.
I told him, "I'm glad you had such a great time at camp today."
And he said, "No, you mean, The Best Day Ever!"

An hour after they got home, I went back to the farm to pick up our weekly share: a couple heads of lettuce, mixed baby salad greens, beets & greens, cabbage, various summer squash, carrots, swiss chard, peas, peas shoots, garlic scapes, strawberries, and all manner of herbs.

Just as the strawberry season
comes to a close, the raspberry
season begins. I picked a pint
of black raspberries from our
bushes yesterday, and my
husband picked another pint
today...in addition to what goes
directly into the boys' mouths,
or Ryan's "iron chef" creations.

Is it really summer?

It sure doesn't feel like summer, well, except for the mosquitos. Rain rain rain and more rain. Temps in the 60s and 70s. And did I mention the rain?

Here are some "leftovers" from the last few days...
I managed to make myself a bento: mixed berries & cherries; cucumber slices; pasta w/sundried tomato, garlic & walnuts.
Kids' meal of leftovers:
stuffing; tofu spinach stuffed
pasta shells; snap peas;
carrots; strawberries; roasted
potato half; beet salad.


And a muffin tin meal:

Row 1: kettle corn; pear slices; corn thins; green bell pepper.
Row 2: carrot sticks; farmer's market bread; blueberries; vegetable matzoh crackers.
Row 3: farmer's market toast w/sunflower butter; cucumber slices; peanuts; strawberries.

Poor Ryan tried to eat
an apple, and couldn't,
because he's missing all
of his front teeth! The
new ones are on their
way in quickly though.
I'm sure he'll be able to
eat them again by fall
apple season.

We did manage to have
a picnic on the only sunny
weekend day...
Simple onigiri, edamame, strawberries & blueberries.

The only reason I know the calendar isn't lying is that the black raspberries are ripening!









I'd better get out there and
pick some quick before they're gone!

Waiting...

At 39 weeks the wait is on.

Nothing fits, I can
barely move, I 'm
so ready to be done.
And so we wait.
(Yeah, that's me,
the pregnant whale.)


Tuesday:
CSA share:
- 12 stems kale
- 1 head green
leaf lettuce
- 1 head cabbage
- 1 pattypan squash
- 1 bunch beets with
greens
- 1 summer squash
- 1 cucumber
- 1 quart blueberries
- 1 pint red & gold
raspberries
- what's left of the
strawberries!
- 12 garlic scapes
- 1 lb. carrots
- 1 quart snow peas
- 1 quart snap peas

My husband didn't even get around to picking herbs or flowers! And right now our black raspberry bushes are at their peak; we are getting about a 1/2 pint each day.
I love a bowl of berries with some soy yogurt, mmmmm....

Wednesday:
AJ's lunch for preschool camp: Thermos of leftover tri-color pasta with zucchini, caper, olive tomato sauce; watermelon; mini corn muffin; mini pumpkin-carrot-apple muffin; peanuts; lemonade; Luna Sunrise bar for morning snack.

Thursday:

The Farmer's Market yielded it's usual: tomatoes, potatoes, bread & popcorn.

Easy summer dinner
of cold 4-bean salad;
snap peas; roasted red
potatoes.

Hopefully I'll have some
baby photos to bore you
with soon!