{"id":2619,"date":"2017-06-13T20:02:48","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T02:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?p=2619"},"modified":"2017-06-15T13:08:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T19:08:11","slug":"5-ways-to-use-this-weeks-csa-veggies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?p=2619","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Use This Week&#8217;s CSA Veggies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Prepared for Bob&#8217;s Fresh and Local CSA. Visit them on Facebook.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This week we&#8217;ll enjoy a wonderful variety of spring greens, mostly Asian and from the mustard family, including Mizuna, Tokyo Bekana, Hon Tsai Tai and Tatsoi as well as the more familiar spinach. We&#8217;ll also receive radishes, Hakurai, red stem turnip&#8230;and maybe some chives.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1778\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1778\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/061716_salad-b.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1778\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/061716_salad-b.jpg?resize=474%2C315&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/061716_salad-b.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/061716_salad-b.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/061716_salad-b.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/061716_salad-b.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/061716_salad-b.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greens, spinach, radishes and carrot with extra virgin olive oil, freshly squeezed lemon, salt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Most of these greens have a slightly peppery flavor. Hon Tsai Tai, somewhat similar to broccoli raab, is a bit more mild and delicious from stem to flower. Tokyo Bekana, closer to lettuce, is a little sweeter and crunchy. Tatsoi has pale lime green leaves in rosettes. The mixture makes beautiful salads, and I always like to make a simple one as soon as I get home with my Box. Spring radishes are a perfect addition. I dress these salads simply with extra virgin olive oil, freshly squeezed lemon juice, salt and freshly ground pepper.<\/p>\n<p>But salads are only the beginning of what you can do with those flavorful greens! Here are five other ways to use your greens:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/061916_miso.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2621\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/061916_miso.jpg?resize=474%2C315&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/061916_miso.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/061916_miso.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/061916_miso.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/061916_miso.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/061916_miso.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Soba Salads or Entrees<\/b>. Soba is a buckwheat Japanese noodle available packaged in many grocery stores. Prepare according to directions. Saute minced garlic and fresh ginger root in extra virgin olive oil. Add radishes and even turnips Julienne to the saute if desired. Add the greens and wilt. Turn off the heat. Add a little of salt or soy sauce to taste. Stir into the Soba noodles, or just top them off with a crown of saut\u00e9ed greens. Serve warm or cold (for a salad).<\/li>\n<li><b>Patties<\/b>. Make your favorite veggie patty. I like the Middle Eastern way (falafel), in which the beans are not pre-cooked, just soaked overnight. Try this: 1\/2 lb. dried chickpeas rinsed and soaked in a covered container overnight, 2 cloves of garlic, 1\/2 Spanish onion in chunks, 1 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. cumin, 1 tsp. allspice, 1 tsp. hot paprika and 3-6 oz. mixed greens, chopped. Using a food processor, place the garlic in first, then the chunked onion, the chickpeas, the seasonings and rough chopped greens. Place everything except beans in bowl, and pulse about 10 times, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Then run for about 30 seconds. Scrape down, add the beans, and run another 30 seconds or more, scraping sides periodically, or until you have a uniform gravelly mixture that holds together. If you plan to fry, form the mixture into (falafel) balls. If you plan to saute or bake, form into small patties (I use a 3\/4 oz. candy scoop). Deep-frying, the balls will take 3-1\/2 minutes. If you saute, you might need to experiment a little. The patties should be browned on the outside and soft but not raw inside. Enjoy with pita, Middle Eastern chopped salad and tahini dressing.<\/li>\n<li><b>Soups<\/b>. I&#8217;m a soup-lover, in the summer too. Ramen soup is very easy. I use three items that I always keep on hand in my home: 1) Costco has a great Millet and Brown Rice Ramen from Lotus Foods, 2) I order Mori-Nu Silken Tofu Organic Firm by the case from Amazon, which can remain unrefrigerated until opened (I just open one 12.3 oz. package from the case at a time), and 3) quality Miso. Make a delicious Miso broth, and when the broth boils, drop loads of roughly chopped Asian (or other) greens. Finally, drop in a square of Ramen for a moment or two until you can pull it apart. For a more substantial dish and a protein boost, add a few squares of Tofu. The chives would work nicely with this soup as a garnish and for added flavor.<\/li>\n<li><b>Omelets, Frittatas, Quiches, &#8220;Shakshouka.&#8221;<\/b> Those of you who get eggs with your Meal Box remember to enhance all your favorite egg dishes with greens and chives! You&#8217;re probably familiar with omelets, frittatas and quiches, but Shakshouka might be new to you. Traditional Shakshouka, made with tomatoes and peppers, originated in North Africa. When the rich and aromatic tomato and pepper sauce is hot, the eggs are cracked into it, poached briefly in a covered pan, then served. In this version, saute some garlic in extra virgin olive oil, add the greens, salt, pepper or other seasonings to taste, and when you have a hot, saucy mixture, add the eggs for poaching covered.<\/li>\n<li><b>Pizza!<\/b> Make or buy a whole wheat pizza crust &#8212; or use 6&#8243; whole wheat pitas. Pre-heat the oven to high heat (unless you&#8217;re fortunate enough to have a small pizza oven). Oil the top of the crust. Add briefly braised and wilted greens to the crust, then thinly sliced onions and halved grape or cherry tomatoes, some pine nuts if you have them, seasonings (oregano, salt, crushed red pepper). Bake until the edges of the pizza crust begin to brown a little. Enjoy!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Next week I&#8217;ll write about turnips and radishes, spectacular veggies we take for granted. For now, save those turnip greens to use with other greens in your soups and egg dishes, or just to use as a (saut\u00e9ed and seasoned) bed for roasted turnips.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like more information about the CSA, please visit Bob&#8217;s Fresh and Local (produce) and All Grass Farms (livestock, chickens, milk and cheese).<\/p>\n<p>For more, visit my blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/Http:\/\/www.vegetatingwithleslie.org\"><strong>vegetatingwithleslie.org<\/strong><\/a>, \u201cLike\u201d me on <b>FaceBook\/Vegetating with Leslie<\/b> or follow me on <b>Twitter, @vegwithleslie<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepared for Bob&#8217;s Fresh and Local CSA. Visit them on Facebook. This week we&#8217;ll enjoy a wonderful variety of spring greens, mostly Asian and from the mustard family, including Mizuna, Tokyo Bekana, Hon Tsai Tai and Tatsoi as well as the more <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?p=2619\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,3,8,7,34,5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entrees","category-recipes","category-salads","category-soups","category-sustainability","category-vegan","category-vegetarian"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>5 Ways to Use This Week&#039;s CSA Veggies - Vegetating with Leslie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?p=2619\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 Ways to Use This Week&#039;s CSA Veggies - Vegetating with Leslie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prepared for Bob&#8217;s Fresh and Local CSA. Visit them on Facebook. This week we&#8217;ll enjoy a wonderful variety of spring greens, mostly Asian and from the mustard family, including Mizuna, Tokyo Bekana, Hon Tsai Tai and Tatsoi as well as the more Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?p=2619\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Vegetating with Leslie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-06-14T02:02:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-06-15T19:08:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/062416_box-1024x681.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"681\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Leslie Cook\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Leslie Cook\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/?p=2619#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/?p=2619\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Leslie Cook\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0896a9176262075b4139523533e2d382\"},\"headline\":\"5 Ways to Use This Week&#8217;s CSA Veggies\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-14T02:02:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-06-15T19:08:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/?p=2619\"},\"wordCount\":918,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/?p=2619#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/062416_box.jpg?fit=6016%2C4000&ssl=1\",\"articleSection\":[\"Entrees\",\"Recipes\",\"Salads\",\"Soups\",\"Sustainability\",\"Vegan\",\"Vegetarian\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/?p=2619#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/?p=2619\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/?p=2619\",\"name\":\"5 Ways to Use This Week's CSA Veggies - Vegetating with Leslie\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/?p=2619#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/?p=2619#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/062416_box.jpg?fit=6016%2C4000&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-14T02:02:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-06-15T19:08:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0896a9176262075b4139523533e2d382\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/?p=2619#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/?p=2619\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/?p=2619#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/062416_box.jpg?fit=6016%2C4000&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/062416_box.jpg?fit=6016%2C4000&ssl=1\",\"width\":6016,\"height\":4000},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/?p=2619#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"5 Ways to Use This Week&#8217;s CSA Veggies\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Vegetating with Leslie\",\"description\":\"Joyful Compassionate Abundance\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0896a9176262075b4139523533e2d382\",\"name\":\"Leslie Cook\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d8e3d3fd7177fedeb197ec5ce2b5373b5b9cb5ca5e473882efe967605724d496?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d8e3d3fd7177fedeb197ec5ce2b5373b5b9cb5ca5e473882efe967605724d496?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d8e3d3fd7177fedeb197ec5ce2b5373b5b9cb5ca5e473882efe967605724d496?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Leslie Cook\"},\"description\":\"I am the mother of two sons, the mother-in-law of two daughters and the grandmother of one grandson. I raised a family, owned a farm and enjoyed tending a large organic garden and orchard 40 years ago. I restored a log cabin and enjoyed it as an energy conscious home way before energy consciousness was publicly conscious. I hold a number of advanced degrees focused on religion, literature and languages. I published a chapter in a book on women's rituals in Judaism. I have enjoyed a variety of careers including teaching, educational programming in the not-for-profit sector, technology and web management. For the last eight years I have owned a five-star (YELP) vegetarian cafe. This year we were voted best vegetarian dining experience in McHenry County by the readers of the Northwest Herald. I write articles on food for a local newspaper. My current task is to figure out how this all fits together and what to do with it.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"5 Ways to Use This Week's CSA Veggies - Vegetating with Leslie","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?p=2619","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"5 Ways to Use This Week's CSA Veggies - Vegetating with Leslie","og_description":"Prepared for Bob&#8217;s Fresh and Local CSA. Visit them on Facebook. This week we&#8217;ll enjoy a wonderful variety of spring greens, mostly Asian and from the mustard family, including Mizuna, Tokyo Bekana, Hon Tsai Tai and Tatsoi as well as the more Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?p=2619","og_site_name":"Vegetating with Leslie","article_published_time":"2017-06-14T02:02:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-06-15T19:08:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":681,"url":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/062416_box-1024x681.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Leslie Cook","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Leslie Cook","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?p=2619#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?p=2619"},"author":{"name":"Leslie Cook","@id":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/#\/schema\/person\/0896a9176262075b4139523533e2d382"},"headline":"5 Ways to Use This Week&#8217;s CSA Veggies","datePublished":"2017-06-14T02:02:48+00:00","dateModified":"2017-06-15T19:08:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?p=2619"},"wordCount":918,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?p=2619#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/062416_box.jpg?fit=6016%2C4000&ssl=1","articleSection":["Entrees","Recipes","Salads","Soups","Sustainability","Vegan","Vegetarian"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?p=2619#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?p=2619","url":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?p=2619","name":"5 Ways to Use This Week's CSA Veggies - Vegetating with Leslie","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?p=2619#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?p=2619#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/062416_box.jpg?fit=6016%2C4000&ssl=1","datePublished":"2017-06-14T02:02:48+00:00","dateModified":"2017-06-15T19:08:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/#\/schema\/person\/0896a9176262075b4139523533e2d382"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?p=2619#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?p=2619"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?p=2619#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/062416_box.jpg?fit=6016%2C4000&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/062416_box.jpg?fit=6016%2C4000&ssl=1","width":6016,"height":4000},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?p=2619#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"5 Ways to Use This Week&#8217;s CSA Veggies"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/","name":"Vegetating with Leslie","description":"Joyful Compassionate Abundance","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/#\/schema\/person\/0896a9176262075b4139523533e2d382","name":"Leslie Cook","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d8e3d3fd7177fedeb197ec5ce2b5373b5b9cb5ca5e473882efe967605724d496?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d8e3d3fd7177fedeb197ec5ce2b5373b5b9cb5ca5e473882efe967605724d496?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d8e3d3fd7177fedeb197ec5ce2b5373b5b9cb5ca5e473882efe967605724d496?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Leslie Cook"},"description":"I am the mother of two sons, the mother-in-law of two daughters and the grandmother of one grandson. I raised a family, owned a farm and enjoyed tending a large organic garden and orchard 40 years ago. I restored a log cabin and enjoyed it as an energy conscious home way before energy consciousness was publicly conscious. I hold a number of advanced degrees focused on religion, literature and languages. I published a chapter in a book on women's rituals in Judaism. I have enjoyed a variety of careers including teaching, educational programming in the not-for-profit sector, technology and web management. For the last eight years I have owned a five-star (YELP) vegetarian cafe. This year we were voted best vegetarian dining experience in McHenry County by the readers of the Northwest Herald. I write articles on food for a local newspaper. My current task is to figure out how this all fits together and what to do with it.","sameAs":["http:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org"],"url":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/?author=2"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/062416_box.jpg?fit=6016%2C4000&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4E03N-Gf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2619"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2627,"href":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619\/revisions\/2627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vegetatingwithleslie.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}