With Easter just around the corner, this past weekend we decided to whip up a little Lamb Chops with a nice mustard au jus sauce. What a treat it turned out to be. In this week’s larder from Moore Farms and Friends, we had several nice-sized rutabagas (not too large, but not too small), a turnip, and a couple of small bunches of greens (one kale, one chard). We slow-steamed the greens over in a mustard sauce, and cooked the rutabagas and turnip down into …

Greens, greens and more greens! All of the rain and cool weather that we have been “enjoying” this summer has reportedly slowed the farm crops down by about two weeks. Spring sprouts are supposed to coming in however, but until then I think it will be root vegetables and greens for a while yet. on another front though, we are supposed to be getting access to fresh stream-fed catfish and pasture raised chicken in just a couple of weeks – yea!

So here is what we got …

After the round-robin week of cabbage wars, I was actually kind of disappointed to not get any more cabbage in this week’s delivery. But we did get a variety of other leafy greens, so we should be set on salads for the week. We also got a mess of fresh Florida citrus; maybe next week I will order some extra and try my hand at making some orange marmalade. Of course that would mean I would have to get a whole bunch of canning supplies first though, …

Wednesday of this week was officially St. Patrick’s Day, and to celebrate I decided to prepare a traditional Irish Lamb Stew. Fortunately we received just about all of the fixings required last week from our CSA. This was another great crock pot meal, and one that takes advantage of all the seasonal roots that are just beginning to come in: turnips, rutabagas, potatoes, and carrots. Also, it gets a great flavor from using the “less undesirables” of a lamb – the necks and shanks. Slow …