Fresh Foods Wednesday #86

Welcome to Fresh Foods Wednesday #86!

Remember: You can now participate in the link up via INSTAGRAM! View full instructions and how-to pictures here.

For those of you linking up blog posts, feel free to share your Instagram pictures too! Let’s get this party rockin’ & rollin! And as always, everyone is welcome to pin whatever you share to the group Pinterest board. Simply email me to be invited to pin.

This week in my CSA from Farm City Co-Op I got:

• Basil
• Beans
• Beets
• Cucumber
• Fennel
• Kale
• Peppers
• Potatoes
• Scallions
• Radish Shoots
• Summer Squash & Zucchini

A snippet of what I made from some of last week’s bounty: Roasted beets with Vancouver Island sea salt, fresh cracked black pepper and extra virgin olive oil; Sauteed dragon beans with pancetta and wild BC Salmon; Roasted baby potatoes with coarse sea salt, fresh cracked black pepper and chopped rosemary; Fresh heirloom tomatoes, cherry toms, basil, Natural Pastures buffalo mozzarella, a crap ton of good quality olive oil and balsamic reduction and olive loaf from the bakery down the street; Dark Chocolate Cherry Basil Margarita Pops; Pastured Grilled steak with green salsa, grilled zucchini and roasted Parmesan & spring onion potatoes. Check out more on my Instagram Feed (because I pretty much live there).

The Fresh Foods Wednesday #86 link up is to encourage fresh food production, consumption, activism, eating and awareness. Please feel free to link up posts or Instagram images containing:

• CSA collections;
• Farmer’s market treasures;
• Home grown/raised hauls;
• Recipes that feature fresh fruits and veggies that are seasonal to your area or feature local, sustainably farmed meats, eggs, and dairy;
• DIY projects and tutorials for: gardening, storing and/or preserving fresh, real foods, composting market scraps, raising chickens in your back yard, small living, etc…

You may link up as many posts or pictures in a given week that you haven’t shared with the Wednesday Fresh Foods Link Up before by using the linky tool at the bottom of this post.

Please make an effort to click on a few of the linked up contributions and say hello by leaving a comment for your fellow fresh food communitarians and/or leave one here to tell us what you’ve shared – because it’s always nice to know someone thinks we’re doing a good job!

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