C.S.A

a C.S.A is community supported agriculture. You pay a farm up front for a share in the seasons produce and every week you get a portion of the harvest. It's great as what a seasons share costs is about what I used to spend at Union Square farmers market in a week. Yesterday was my third share. It's still a lot of greens mostly. I got a lot of big rainbow colored swiss chard with fat meaty stems. I wanted to use all of them so I stripped the leaves from the stems, and cut them up. I sauteed a little onion in olive oil and then added the stems. then I added water and through in some Maine yellow eyed beans for good measure. Although dried they are still quite fresh so they cook up pretty quickly. Once they were close to done I threw in a slivered garlic scape that also came with my share. I let it cook down and then added the swiss chard leaves. I simmered away until the greens were cooked and the cooking liquid mostly evaporated then finished it all with a nice shot of Teverina extra virgin olive oil and served it with some pan roasted shrimp...