Highlights from CSA season 2012

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Well, the CSA season is over for another year, folks.

I kind of can’t believe it. Because my CSA season (and hopefully yours, too) is 26 weeks. That’s half a year. Meaning half of 2012 was filled with delicious, local veggies, picked up once a week like some sort of mineral-filled Christmas present.

In celebration of a good season (and in mourning of its end), I’ve compiled the best of the best from my CSA experience this spring, summer and fall. I hope you all got a chance to make some of the recipes, and if you haven’t, that you give them a try. There were definitely some good eats this year that will be added to my menu, despite my rut-loving tendencies.

So, without further ado, my favorites of CSA season 2012:

New favorites, still easy to do in winter:

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•Napa cabbage salad with sweet and spicy vinaigrette

•Pad Thai salad

•A new (tropical) way to do sweet potatoes

•Bok choy and chard with red onion and sesame seeds

•The perfect sweet potato burger

Roasting highlights:

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•Butternut squash and sweet potatoes
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•Turnips