I love Tuesdays!

Every Tuesday, I get to pick up my box of organic, fresh, local farm goodies at the CSA drop-off by my house. This week the box contents included: chard, garlic, scallion onions, young potatoes, basil, two varieties of lettuce, and radishes. Each delivery comes with a newsletter that includes a description of what is in the box and how it was harvested. It also has farm news and a list of recipes on the back that coordinate with items in the box. My two get-a-ways recently have been running and cooking. After a long day at work yesterday, I decided I would get home a bit early at start cooking. I used a new recipe from the newsletter: Chard and Potato Quiche. Next time I make it, I'll change a few things, like the size of my pie dish and I would add the Basil AFTER the dish was finished baking.

Chard and Potato Quiche
1/4 cup of vegetable oil
1/2 cup of milk
6 - 8 small potatoes
a bunch of scallion onions, sliced thinly
2 cups of flour
4 eggs
1/2 tsp of salt

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Make the crust first: Mix oil, milk and salt in a medium sized bowl, add two cups of flour and combine with a fork until well mixed. Put dough-like mixture into the pie dish and press into the dish to form a pie crust.

In a pan, put a small amount of oil, dice potatoes and heat in the pan until almost cooked through. Add diced scallion onions and shredded chard. Heat through. Pour vegetable mixture into the dish with the pie crust. Beat the four eggs with a tablespoon of milk and pour over vegetable mixture. Bake in the oven for 35 minutes. Remove and top with fresh basil.

Of course, after dinner, I had to let my son Jack eat the candy-stick that I had made for him over the weekend with chocolate candy (blue food coloring) and sprinkles. Organic and totally healthy, I know!!

Andiamo a mangiare!! (Let us eat) 



If you are interested (which I highly recommend) joining a CSA, Community Shared Agriculture, group please go to: http://www.localharvest.org and search for one in your area. We buy from Shooting Star Farm, and we pay approximately $24/week for our box, which feeds our family of three (I'm not including my 3 month old) all week, with a few supplements like meat (for my husband and son) and dairy products.

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