Cooper Jackson

We made:
* Chicken with lemon, basil and rosemary
* Corn pudding
* Heavenly Squash
* Italian bread as usual
* Tomato, Basil, Mozzarella, Olive Oil and Balsamic (Melissa made this)
* Pizza (for the kids)

Corn pudding ended up being decimated. Also Kathy brought pesto pasta, fried okra (best I have ever had) and some pesto dip. Kathleen brought a squash souffle.
And now we have used a lot of our CSA veggies and learn some new dishes. On our vacation we got a Shaker cook book which has made me very excited to try some of the dishes. Generally have found Shaker cooking rich with dairy which is ok way me as long as I keep running

I eat myself to sleep last night. After an amazing dinner. Some quick highlights: Veggie chili, squash soup and zucchini cake (my brain exploded it was so good). After 3 helpings of food I went out to play with the kids in the backyard. After everyone left I passed out on the couch. Now time to gorge on leftovers today!

We received our first basket of produce from the membership to Cold Water Creek Farms CSA. We are so excited we have fresh swiss chard, eggplant, garlic scape, cucumbers, yellow squash zucchini, kale and patty pan squash! So now we just have to make a bunch of stuff out of it! I am going to try some pan fried squash all olive oiled and spiced up with the garlic scape. Melissa is going for swish chard recipe. Any suggestions are welcome.

Also today our neighbor took our potatoes and made potato chips out of them. Best darn potato chips we have ever had!!

Aaron Newton talks about A Nation of Farmers

Aaron Newton (of blog Powering Down and Hen and Harvest) talked about his book A Nation of Farmers. Last December I help him with his website. I just got back from a talk he gave which is an overview of the book he co wrote. He has really inspired me to keep working on our local food efforts. He is on his way to changing the world.

We went on a run on the greenway that start in downtown Concord early this morning. It isn’t officially open there is still some heavy equipment out there but it is pretty much fully usable. What a great place to run!