10 Summer CSA Vegetables and What to Make With Them

I dream about being the type of cook who wanders through a farmers market, gets inspired by whatever is in season, and runs home to make something simple and delicious without consulting a single recipe. The reality is that I am extremely recipe-bound. I shop with a detailed list, rarely impulse-buy, and often have meals planned weeks, sometimes months, in advance between recipe development and content planning. Ask me to freestyle a farmers market dinner and I immediately forget every vegetable I have ever encountered. That is why I signed up for a CSA: to bring a little more spontaneity into my cooking, eat more locally, and force myself to figure out what to do with a giant bunch of dill before it starts growing legs in the crisper. I’m moving these recaps to every other week, so each post will include two boxes and plenty of ideas. I’ll share what came in them, what I made, what worked, and what I would make again. For week 3 & 4, my box included: CAULIFLOWER – FENNEL – SWISS…