This Week's CSA Box: Six Summer Salads!!

All 11 items we received in this week' CSA box lend themselves perfectly to creating sumptuous summer salads!

What we got!

sweet potatoes - 4 medium

cucumbers - 3 medium

peaches - 4 medium

white onions - 2 large

green peppers - 4 medium

tomatoes - 6 medium 

cherry tomatoes - 1 pint

watermelon - 1 personal size

spaghetti squash - 1 medium

green tomatoes - 3 medium 

green beans - 1 nice "mess" 

What to do with it

 

Cucumber tomato salad with lime dressing - This is my recipe and it is this week's Cheap Eats post.  It uses cucumbers, onions, and tomatoes - all from this week's box. 

 

Sweet Potato Apple Salad - We have entered apple pickin' season and this recipe pairs great fall flavors!  It uses the sweet potatoes from the CSA box.  

Greek style salad with spaghetti squash -  A Mediterranean diet is good for the heart and soul!  This salad combines traditional Greek flavors with the unique addition of spaghetti squash.  It uses tomatoes, onion, green onion, squash, and cucumber from the box. Yum!  

Peach and Tomato Salad -  Grab peaches, tomatoes, and onion from the box.  Add basil, and feta cheese!  Oh my!!  I'll bet you could add some pieces of chicken and make this into a main dish salad sure to be loved by the meat-eaters in your family!  

Green Bean Salad - This dish is billed as, "a great marinated salad for a hot summer day," on the Allrecipes site.   I would add some canned white or black beans to give it some protein.  It uses tomatoes, onions, and green beans from the box.  

Watermelon Salad with Feta and Mint -  Salty sweet pairings are incredibly popular right now.  I will admit that I would never have considered these combinations: sweet watermelon and mint, salty olives and feta cheese, and tart onion and lemon juice.  Someone try it and let me know what you think!!!