Week 1 - What's in our Basket?

Looking forward to eating some great local food this week!

We just received an e-mail from Cooper's Farm with what we can expect to see in our basket this week. This week we will be receiving:

• thyme, oregano, sage
• red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce
• asparagus
• fingerling potatoes or russet potatoes.

I hadn't realized the farm share would include asparagus - we  had asparagus for dinner tonight. I'm looking forward to trying some new recipes with this vegetable.

We use a lot of cumin and other spices found in Indian dishes in our cooking - and haven't used much thyme or oregano in the past. I will likely be drying most of these herbs and take on a new challenge and learn some recipes that will allow us to use these herbs. One thing I am planning to do is to try making and drinking thyme tea!

If you can have any ideas for recipes please share them with me.