Sebastian Member Diary – Week of May 19

Hello, Hellooooo!…. I split a share with 2 other families last year and it worked out so well that we decided to do it again this year! We realized that this way we each get a bounty of goodies every 3 weeks, and not the weekly/ bi-weekly necessity. Each of our families have 3-4 heartyContinue reading “Sebastian Member Diary – Week of May 19”

Sugar Ladies Member Diary for the Week of Oct 14th

The shared: Pears, Butternut squash, Acorn squash, Carrots, Parsnips, Parsley, and Greens Galore (Kale, lettuce, arugula, and other green things I don’t know the proper name for). The sharers: We are three sweet female roommates (i.e., sugar ladies). There are two approaches to cooking.  The first is scientific, i.e., following a recipe. The other isContinue reading “Sugar Ladies Member Diary for the Week of Oct 14th”

Coffee & Donuts Member Diary Week #23 (Sept 30)

Every Monday night, the three of us look forward to a kitchen full of locally grown vegetables from MimoMex farm. It was important to us to not only eat healthier, but to get involved in our community and support our local farms. It is always a surprise to see what we will be taking homeContinue reading “Coffee & Donuts Member Diary Week #23 (Sept 30)”

Anastasia Member Diary Week #12

This is my sharemate and I’s inaugural year with the Southside CSA and the Bridge share is the highlight of our Mondays. One us is from a ranch on the West Coast and the other is related to the head of Slowfood USA so we were thrilled to find such an awesome option in NYC. Continue reading “Anastasia Member Diary Week #12”

151 Kent Member Diary Week #13

Our share feeds three in our household: one chef who works at Parish Hall, one expert baker and me, a girl whose cooking skills plateau at stir-fry. We typically plan dinner once a week, where we use the majority of our produce share (half-berry, half-orchard, full veggie). The amount of produce we get in aContinue reading “151 Kent Member Diary Week #13”

RAINA Member Diary Week #10

Clockwise from top left: strawberry and almond milk smoothies our daughter supervising the monday CSA Pickup Dal and bhaji In production (yellow lentils, garlic and spinach with white onion) peas and carrots, frozen and ready for some homemade baby food roasted beets in situ beet greens sauteeing with garlic barley, beets, beet green salad carrots (theContinue reading “RAINA Member Diary Week #10”

Jacob-Hurwitz Member Diary for Week #8

I am a brand new member of the Southside CSA this season! After participating in CSAs in other neighborhoods with my boyfriend, we were delighted to find a CSA close to our new home on the south side. We’ve been picking up a half share of berries, vegetables, and soon fruit and we are alsoContinue reading “Jacob-Hurwitz Member Diary for Week #8”

LEGS Member Diary for Week #6

This is our 5th year with the delicious and lovely Southside CSA- we are a 2 person (soon to be 3) operation and get the Full Monty Deluxe. Now that I am pregnant, I am more grateful than ever to have access to amazing quality eggs, fruit and produce from a such a reliable source.Continue reading “LEGS Member Diary for Week #6”

Member Diary: Funcore’s August 13th Share

With a crazy, busy week ahead of us we picked up our CSA share on Monday night and immediately got down to procrastinating about what we were going to make this week.  Our time was going to be pretty limited, so we decided to try to combine as many ingredients as we could into twoContinue reading “Member Diary: Funcore’s August 13th Share”