csa summer: sixth, seventh and eighth boxes

 Summertime produce in full swing (even if I think H is correct and the boxes seem slightly less full than prior years).  Our sixth box was on August 7: kale, cabbage, small watermelon, corn, beans, zucchini and summer squash (of course), garlic, white bell peppers, nectarines and some donut peaches.  The nectarines were quite tasty but I'm not a huge fan of donut peaches.  They smell divine, almost perfumed, but the taste doesn't match up, in my opinion.  We ate the corn and beans the first night - and the corn is on its way out, I'm afraid - and sliced up the melon for both fresh eating and freezing for frozen margaritas.  The cabbage and peppers got sliced up for gochujang noodles; the little squashes languished in the crisper for a bit.

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The seventh box (8/14) contained more watermelon, corn, green beans, more zucchini and summer squash (jeesum crow), brocolli (!!), green and purple bell peppers, hot peppers, a couple of regular peaches and more donut peaches.  We got two meals out of the brocolli: steamed one night and served with rice and BBQ seitan; and in a stir-fry with some of the peppers another night.  We froze the fruit and shredded and then froze those squashes.  The freezer is getting full.

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The eighth box (8/21) had what is surely the last of the corn, plus big tomatoes, little tomatoes, two eggplant, a couple of pears, nice peaches, a big sweet onion and a medly of peppers (anaheim, jalapeno and serrano).  We had the corn the first night (and it's still sweet but starchy enough to stick to your teeth), with sauteed peppers and onions, and brown rice and lentils.  I gave away the bigger eggplant and made baigan bharta with the smaller one, using some onion, tomatoes and a serrano pepper there too.  The rest of the tomatoes and the onion, plus an anaheim pepper, went into a marinara sauce for the freezer, and I snuck a half cup of shredded zucchini into there too.  And I achieved a tasty breakfast smoothie with one of the peaches and half a summer squash, plus some Trader Joe's frozen mango, fresh squeezed lime juice and a bit of coconut milk.

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