To view Farmer John’s latest update, click here.

This week’s share will include: 

• Veggies: summer squash, cucumbers, peas, kale, chard, beets, lettuce, radishes, yellow onions, green cabbage or broccoli and choice of an herb.
• Add-on shares:
  • Fruit: blueberries & strawberries
  • Flowers: not ready yet, need a few more weeks
  • Mushrooms: expected every week unless we hear otherwise
  • Eggs: expected every week unless we hear otherwise

Serving Suggestions:

• In his update this week, Farmer John made a passing reference to Seinfeld’s “big salad,” a classic bit from the show that has wormed its way into pop culture beyond its reruns. Using that as my inspiration this week, here are some links to consider:
  • The Seinfeld cookbook has their version of Elaine’s “big salad” which sounds like a pretty classic Cobb:
    • For the dressing
      Juice of 1 small lemon
      1 1/2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
      1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
      3/4 teaspoon sea salt
      1/2 teaspoon pepper
      For the salad
      1 large head iceberg lettuce, shredded
      1 ripe avocado
      2 hard-boiled eggs
      4 strips cooked bacon, crumbled
      1 cup shredded cooked chicken
      1/2 cup grape tomatoes, halved
      1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
  • For perfect-every-time hard boiled eggs, spend $12 on a cheapo egg cooker. No frills, no inserts, no omelets needed. Just something that steams the shell-on eggs and has a graduated measuring cup for soft/medium/hard boils. The one I have is no longer sold but is similar to this one on Amazon.
  • For making small batches of homemade dressing like the one above, I think there’s nothing better than a 4oz (or 8oz) mason jar. The tight fitting lid lets you shake it to emulsify without worrying about spraying olive oil all over cabinets. They can go from counter to fridge to freezer to microwave if needed and can easily stack to maximize valuable fridge shelf space. I used to have a reusable dressing bottle with a pop-top pouring lid but after a few uses it never felt like the lid was tight enough to trust and the tall bottle made it harder to store in the fridge.