A very leafy Medium box this week, typical of early or late in a season.

• Broccoli
• Collards
• Fava Beans
• Green Dandelion
• Green Mustard
• Green Romaine Lettuce
• Red Scallions
• Strawberries

Fava beans typically require 2 steps to get to the good stuff: shell, then peel the light green skin off the bean itself. A 30-minute freeze-thaw right before peeling the skin may make the peeling step easier. The pod is edible though, such as fried, though that might be best on younger/smaller pods than this batch. More fava bean ideas:

• a spring-y salad like Fava Beans, Strawberries, and Grana Padano PDO (possibly a half and half substitution of light green lettuce and bitter dandelion green would work in lieu of arugula?) ,
• roast the whole pod,
• macco di fava or fave e cicoria, an Italian fava bean soup with herbs or a bitter leafy green, like dandelion greens.

A 1921 recipe poem for Dandelion and Scallion salad.

Rice pilaf with broccoli, fava bean, and scallions.