I picked up my first CSA share of the season today – I’m signed  up with Potomac Vegetable Farms – in the pouring rain.  Don’t care, I’m so freakin’ excited!  In additon to the above mentioned goodies, I also received Japanese turnips, a couple of varieties of salad greens, snow peas, dill, and a half dozen eggs.  I picked up a whole organic chicken at the market and roasted that slathered in oil and Herbes de Provence.  I chopped up one of the scapes, diced an onion, and sauteed those with the sliced up turnips.  I also picked up some blackberries, which were shockingly sweet considering they aren’t really in season yet here in Virginia.  I tossed those with some of the salad greens for a starter to our dinner.  This sounds so stupid, but it’s really unbelievable how much better lettuces taste when they’ve just been picked at the farm up the road.  They really just don’t need much added to them at all.  And I can’t wait to whizz up the rest of those scapes with some olive oil, cheese, and lemon juice for a really tasty pesto that I can freeze and use all season!  SQ grabbed a bottle of 2008 Keswick Viognier to enjoy with my super yummy dinner…we drank the whole thing (shocker, I know), so now I just want to go to sleep.

I think tomorrow night I will do something simple – I’m having gall bladder surgery on Friday morning (hint: once again, I won’t be in my kitchen for several days…grrrrr).  I already have some sharp cheddar and tomatoes, so I’m thinking omelettes (using some of that fresh dill), and maybe sauteed snow peas with sliced almonds.  Any other suggestions?  I seriously have no idea yet what to do with that kohlrabi….