Since we had a large Father’s Day brunch earlier today, I thought that a nice, simple salad would be good to have around to munch on later in the day. Using a bunch of spicy greens from our first CSA basket (which was preceded by a newsletter with farm news, information on what the basket would contain, and recipe ideas…good stuff!) along with some mellow cheddar from Wisconsin and some super sweet strawberries from Michigan, I made this:
No oil, no spices….it didn’t need anything!
The CSA farm, Erehwon, is about 37 miles away…the cheese and strawberries a bit further than that, but as we get more into summer I’m hoping to tighten the radius for most local meal ingredients.
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Riana // June 16, 2008 at 3:54 am
cheddar, that makes me swoon too, no cheddar here. your salad looks great!
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