Quick Box Six: Produce & Plates

Here's my last box (Box #6) from Tues. July 3rd, 2012:

Honey Brook Farm's Local & Organic: Zucchini (3), Cucumbers (5), Fresh Onions (3), Fresh Garlic (2), Swiss Chard (of course! Five weeks in a ROW of SwC), Beets (four weeks in a ROW of beets!), and four heads of lettuce (22 heads in 6 weeks!).

More lettuce, gorgeous! This brings our lettuce total to 22 heads in 6 weeks!

First of the fresh garlic, and BOY, is it ever good (you'll see in a little bit how I've been using it!).

 The 4th of July is our Wedding Anniversary :-).

Now, you are wondering, what did I do with the haul?  HERE'S WHAT!

 OH YES.  A(n almost) totally CSA Organic Lettuce (of course!), Cucumbers, Fresh Red Onion, Garlic Scapes, and Organic Blueberries (non-CSA) and a nice serving of Garlic Scape Pesto Pasta.

But, that wasn't good enough for me!

Bam!  Homemade Organic Chickpeas, a CSA Garlic Viniagrette AND, the most exquisite, "Pink Sauce," so named by my son.  It's my Organic Pepita Beet Spread, and it was AMAZING.

For dessert:

S'Mores Bars, YUM.  

Don't forget to freeze them! They last forever that way!

And, I made some Rosemary Lavender Vinegar.  I am sort of on a kick making Cold Brews.  I made another round of cold brewed coffee, too, using Starbucks French Roast. I think I liked the Cafe Bustelo one better, though.  Both were great.  Anyway.

I want to spray my garbage can with this.  So bad.  Oh yeah.

And, some gardening to end it up:

My tomatoes hybridized on their own!  Weird tomatoes.  Delish, though.

Screamosaurus proudly displaying my strange hybrid.

My next CSA box is coming tomorrow, Wed. July 11th, 2012!

What have you guys been making, brewing or growing? Mold doesn't count.  Unless it's in cheese.  Cashew Cheese.  Or tempeh.  Homemade Tempeh!  P.S. you can pretty easily maintain 88-90 degrees in this heat in a covered box, just use a thermometer to check it, I'm sure it would be OK.

S'Mores Bars!

Need a sweet treat in this super hot weather? Oh yeah! You don't need to bake or heat up your grill or even your stove to make this amazing treat.  All you need are the ingredients, a 4 cup Pyrex measuring cup, a microwave (or a stove if you like heating up your house) and a 13x9 baking pan.  OH YES.

S'Mores Bars!

The ingredients: Almost a box (about 8 cups) of "graham squares," 1.5 cups chocolate chips, a container of  Ricemellow Cream (rice based, vegan marshmallow spread), 5 T. butter or margarine (I used EB), 1-2 tsp of vanilla extract, and 1/4 to 1/3 cup of rice syrup or corn syrup (spray your measuring cup with canola oil first so it slides right out!) and a small pinch of salt (1/8 to 1/4 tsp).

Add the chocolate chips, butter, and rice syrup to a 4 cup Pyrex measuring cup.  Microwave on high for a minute at a time, stirring in between, until melted.  Then add the whole container of Ricemellow Cream.  Microwave again for about a minute and stir to incorporate.

Oh yeah!

Now, simply pour your cereal into a large bowl (you can also add mini marshmallows or extra chocolate chips to the bowl, about 1/2 to 1 cup is what I would recommend).  Pour the melted chocolate marshmallow mixture over the cereal, stir well to coat all the cereal, and pour it into a buttered 13x9x2 inch baking pan.  

Cover her and put her in the fridge for a while to firm up.  Cut into bars as needed.  

You can also store the bars, wrapped individually in foil, in the freezer for up to a year.  They are totally fine after a year (trust me!).  

Enjoy!!