Long days and warm weather means it is the first week of Flower and Fruit shares. Make sure you take 1 of each from the group boxes, per your individual instructions email.

If you didn’t buy a flower bouquet share but you did get the medium, the fresh chamomile doubles as a little summery bouquet!

Today’s Medium box includes:

•  Baby Green Bok Choy
•  Baby Hakurei Turnips
•  Chamomile
•  Garlic Scapes
•  Green Romaine Lettuce
•  Green Zucchini
•  Mini Purplette Onions
•  Red Chard

The onions are just in time, I’ve run out of grocery store onions! These particular purplette onions won’t last forever in the pantry because they aren’t dried but I’ll definitely use them this week with all the vegetable sautéing I’ll be doing. I’m also looking forward to grilled zucchini – very summery! I was thinking about infusing some baked good with the fresh chamomile but an internet search led me to this chamomile-mint-ricotta flatbread idea:

“As well as a soothing tea, chamomile leaves can be used as an add-in to salads. Try mixing them into chopped butter lettuce dressed with olive oil, salt, and just a quick spritz of lemon. Combine snipped chamomile and mint as a leafy covering on top of a ricotta-spread hot flatbread, or chop chamomile finely and add it to yogurt with a touch of grated garlic (as you might with dill) as a dip for crudités.”

https://www.villagevoice.com/2015/04/16/how-to-use-fresh-chamomile-leaves-seasonal-in-spring/