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It’s August, and still hot as heck outside. (As if you needed me to tell you that.) At least we’re getting avocados and peaches to help us cool off this week, plus a potted sage to plant. Here’s what’s coming in the Local Box:
- Yellow Peaches - Caskey Orchards
- Avocados – G&S Groves
- Lady Cream or Purple Hull Peas – Just Peachy
- Okra – Engel Farm
- Canteloupe- Gundermann Acres
- Shallots - Lund Produce
- Sage Plant – My Father’s Farm
- Butternut Squash – Animal Farm, Engel Farm
- Red Potatoes – Gundermann Acres
Here’s what I’ll be making with the bounty:
- Wednesday: This Okra and tomato soup only needs a little time to come together, like a quick version of gumbo. We’ll have sliced peaches and southern soda bread on the side.
- Thursday: Goat cheese and a peppery vinaigrette offset sweet melon in this Savory Canteloupe Salad, served with crusty bread. If traditional cubed melon is more to your taste, skip the salad dressing and use the goat cheese for a grilled cheese sandwich on the side.
- Friday: Butternut squash macaroni and cheese, sliced peaches.
- Saturday: We’re having chicken or vegetable fajitas, and instead of regular guacamole, I’m going to try this Texas mosh salad with avocado and purple hull peas. I bet the peas will really complement the creamy avocado, and the smoky flavor of grilled fajitas.
- Sunday: Looks like there are a lot of shallots in the Local Box, enough for this Shallot and white wine poached salmon, served with garlic red potatoes.
- Monday: Slow cooker pot roast, garlic red potatoes.
- Tuesday: Leftover awareness night!
(Note from Local Box blogger Kathryn: The format of the Local Box menu is changing to include more recipes and a full week’s worth of dinner menus. I plan my meals by the day so that I’m sure to use up delicate items, like cream peas, while they are freshest. I also try to put more difficult recipes on weekends when I have more time to cook. My meal plans always start on Wednesdays, since that’s when my Local Box arrives.)
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