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The first true signs of spring appeared today in Minneapolis—our first CSA box of the season from Harmony Valley Farm has arrived! There is something wonderful about opening up a the first box filled with the best things that the spring in Minnesota has to offer. Alive and green, it is such a refreshing treat after the cold months of winter officially draw to a close—despite the prospect of snow tomorrow night.
One of the challenges I look forward to each Thursday evening after we've picked up our box is trying to find a way to combine all the bounty contained inside into a week's worth of meals, all without having to make too many additional purchases at the Co-op. It's like solving a big puzzle, taking note of what we have on hand in the cupboards and hanging around in the fridge from the week before, then mapping it all out for the meals across the entire week. Despite how procedural my brain might be, I usually like to keep things spontaneous in the kitchen. The problem is, if we don't have a game plan stuff ends up going to waste—something I found out the hard way when we started this the whole CSA thing two years ago.