Summer CSA Recipes: Easy Ideas for Using Peak-Season Produce

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. Every couple of weeks, I’m sharing what came in my boxes, what I made, what worked, and what I would make again. For weeks 5 & 6, my box included: SLICER TOMATOES – RED POTATOES – SUMMER SQUASH – ROMAINE LETTUCE – BABY LEEKS – EGGPLANT – SWEET CORN –…