squash blossoms – Southside CSA

Wallace Shawn Member Diary – Week of June 23rd

We are Maria, Quentin, and Hawkins (the cat). This is the first summer we’ve signed up for a CSA and we couldn’t love it more! The two of us pick up full berry and vegetable shares (orchard share to come!!). This week we got four quarts of strawberries, four stalks garlic, two stalks of redContinue reading “Wallace Shawn Member Diary – Week of June 23rd”

Member Diary: Joey- July 2nd share

I’ve been doing the Southside CSA on and off for the past 4 years and I’m back “on” again for a bunch of reasons: the food variety is better and the share has gotten larger over the years, I’m eating more meals at home, I’ve grown more comfortable in the kitchen and it’s still reallyContinue reading “Member Diary: Joey- July 2nd share”

Member Diary #13 — Heather

Our member diary this week comes from Heather. Her post GRILL CITY on her blog i grew this is beyond inspiration to take those CSA fruit & veggies and rock out a few more bbqs. Sadly for BK, Heather has taken off for a big adventure on a farm in Idaho. Bon Voyage! Cant waitContinue reading “Member Diary #13 — Heather”

Member Diary Week #4-Mike & Amy

Thanks to the long weekend, we had Monday off from work, and figured we could knock out our distribution shift. After setting up, we manned the egg and berry table for the evening. For those of you who got the berry and egg shares, we can admit to severe jealousy, as after sitting with theContinue reading “Member Diary Week #4-Mike & Amy”

Member Diary Week #3. Lauren

Week #3 belonged to member Lauren, who has started a pretty cool blog–these beets are bananas— to document her culinary experiments with the Southside CSA. She sent along some great recipes that she rocked with her MimoMex goodies…

Stuffed Inspiration

This recipe comes from Evan and has inspired me to track down some mussels asap! Fried Zucchini Blossoms stuffed with Mussels

Stuffed Zucchini Blossoms

I was at my Italian-American grandmother’s on Thursday and brought the zucchini blossoms that we were treated to from MimoMex. Grandma hadn’t had them since her mother had last made them, almost 20 years ago. Her mother came from northern Italy, up near Milano, where this sort of thing is an early summer treat.

Stuffed Squash Blossoms

Recipe and image generously provided by Pamela Castillo and Steve Krauss Ingredients Squash Blossoms- Male squash flowers, without the squash attached, are better than female flowers for this recipe but both will work. Makes about 12 – 15 flowers, depending on the size. 1 cup ricotta cheese 1/3 cup shredded parmesan red pepper flakes 1Continue reading “Stuffed Squash Blossoms”