Stir Fry to the Rescue

The next week's CSA delivery came at a crazy time in our summer. Bearclaw was swamped at work and I was volunteering for the incredible World Domination Summit. Neither one of us was home very much at all which meant we struggled a little to make sure all our beautiful veggies got used. This week's box brought us:

• Salad mix (it's so nice when it's already all cut and cleaned!!)
• Green Butter lettuce
• Walla walla onions
• Italian kale
• Green zucchini
• Cherry tomatoes
• Green bell pepper
• Blueberries
• Blackberries

The berries we mostly ate by hand, though even those we struggled to keep from going moldy and we lost a couple blackberries. However, we have found that rinsing them in white vinegar (quick and easy) is a really effective way to keep them fresher (and no, you really can't taste the vinegar!). We don't put them through the salad spinner, as that link suggests, but that doesn't seem to matter. Thanks Mom for that great tip!

The salad greens and tomatoes we had no problem munching on. I'm not a big tomato fan but luckily Bearclaw is. He eats them whole and raw which is great - I need them chunked into salsa, mashed into tomato sauce, or finely diced into a pasta salad (sparingly, please). On the flip side, green pepper isn't Bearclaw's favorite so I tend to munch on that and it all works out. 

As the days went on we suddenly found ourselves with a drawer full of veggies looking wilted and sad. I'd been stressed thinking about what to do but too tired coming home each night (often after 10pm) to do anything... It made me upset to think that delicious produce, healthy food (which I'm awful at eating when I'm busy - hello goldfish, sweets, and chips!), and, honestly, money might be thrown away. 

So, we present, the almost always perfect solution to the "too many veggies, not enough time" crisis. The wonderful, easy, and so simple stir fry!

This lovely creation was created with all the onion, kale, some extra pepper and broccoli (Bearclaw is certain that a stir fry needs broccoli to be delicious), and zucchini. It was marinated and sautéed with a Thai BBQ sauce I bought Bearclaw at the Portland Saturday Market for Christmas. It's sold by Cuisine Mentor and HIGHLY recommended (and very reasonably priced!). We enjoyed the veggies with rice for several dinners and voila, no more guilt about uneaten veggies!