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

This week’s share will include:

• Veggies: lettuce, chard, choice of kale or collards, bok choy, choice of salad turnips or beets, sweet onions, Napa cabbage, eggplant, summer squash, cucumbers, and choice of herbs (dill, cilantro, parsley, summer savory).
• Add-on shares:
  • Fruit: cherries & peaches
  • Flowers: snapdragons, maybe sunflowers
  • Mushrooms: oyster mushroom
  • Eggs: not mentioned in this week’s update from John, but assuming yes

For those with half shares, this is “A” week.

Serving Suggestions:

• Getting CSA eggplant always makes me think about a specific roasted eggplant dish I adapted from a Rick Bayless recipe. The recipe calls for topping hard-roasted eggplant with a spicy chipotle-forward salsa negra. It’s the kind of sauce where a little goes a long way and you can keep it in the fridge for a long time, so make a batch and plan on using it all summer long. (I skipped the black bean part of the recipe but if you were trying to make it a more hearty main dish the added protein from the beans would be perfect.)
• Here are the recipe and video from Rick’s website to hopefully inspire you to give it a try!