CSA: Week of April 14 to April 18

I am writing this from work (go, code monkey, go!), but waiting on my doorstep at home should be this week's box of delicious, local, organic produce. It's rather similar to last week's box, which in a way, is very good: I already know what to do with it, so I needn't spend extra time looking for recipes.

- Asparagus (1 pound). Some will go into a noodle dish (note to self: get ginger on the way home), some will likely be roasted. Tasty and easy.
- Baby lettuce (8 ounces). Salads, as usual.
- Green chard (1 bunch). I'll probably have some with my noodles and asparagus tonight, and I might stuff some chicken with the rest. Or maybe I'll revisit that chard, raisin, and pine nut tart!
- Green garlic (0.5 pound). The salsa fresca I made on with last week's green garlic was wonderful, so I'll probably do the same with this week's bunch. Green garlic, a small red onion (chopped, rinsed, and drained), two jalapenos (cored and seeded), a fistful of cilantro (coarsely chopped), three tomatoes (cored and seeded), a lemon or lime's worth of juice, and some salt and pepper. Whiz in the food processor and enjoy!
- Ruby grapefruit (2 pounds). I don't need to tell you how to enjoy grapefruit.
- Rosemary (1 bunch). And when they say a bunch, they mean a bunch. I really need to do that olive oil thing. Until then, maybe potatoes.
- d'Anjou pears (2 pounds). Yummy plain and raw.
- Fennel (0.5 pound). Mmm, green beans with roasted fennel and shallots....
- Pistachios (0.25 pound). Hooray! I love pistachios.
- Nantes carrots (1 bunch). More peeling and cutting up for snacking at work.
- Radishes or beets (1 bunch). If beets, they're going to the parents. I'm not really sure what to do with radishes.

Hope everyone is having a good week! If you are, drop a note about it in comments so that I can live vicariously through you.