[Week 1] Three Go-To Salad Dressings + Six Recipes to Make this Week

Lettuces, Squash, Bok Choy, Broccoli, Basil & More

Farm Share Friends: it’s here! The first farm share of the season. I pick up my vegetables this afternoon, but thanks to the newsletter from Roxbury Farm yesterday, I know I’ll be receiving lots of greens (head lettuce, kale, arugula, Swiss chard) as well as summer squash, broccoli, bok choy, basil, scallions, and cucumbers.

And so, topping the to-do list is: make salad dressing. Here are three I love:

1. Simple Lemon Vinaigrette

2. Large-Batch Shallot Vinaigrette

3. Large-Batch Tahini Dressing

This lemon vinaigrette is great for the more tender lettuces such as the head lettuce and arugula (and actually the Swiss chard, too).

This shallot vinaigrette is great for both tender and hearty greens:

And this tahini dressing (as well as this cashew dressing) is great for heartier greens:

As noted in the 3 Tenets email I sent out over the weekend, you’ll want to use those tender lettuces early in the week. I’m planning on making salads for the next three days with the lettuce, kale, and arugula. I’ll use the cucumbers and scallions in those salads, and I’ll throw some basil leaves in there, too. I’ll save the heartier vegetables for later in the week. Here’s my rough plan:

Week 1 Vegetables

• summer squash → Zucchini & Summer Squash Recipes​

• cucumbers → Cucumber Recipes​

• scallions → Scallion Recipes​

• kale → Kale Recipes

• chard recipes → Chard Recipes​​

• basil → Herb Recipes​​

• head lettuce → Salads

• bok choy → Bok Choy Recipes

• broccoli → Broccoli Recipes

Find recipes for all the vegetables here → Farm Share Vegetables

6 Recipes

Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette. This would be nice aside this grilled chicken.

Swiss Chard Salad with Parmesan and Bread Crumbs

Bok Choy Salad with Sesame-Almond Crunch

Broiled Broccoli with Sesame-Scallion Sizzle. I love this broccoli with this warm tofu recipe.

Zucchini Parmesan

Basil Pesto

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Fellow Farm Sharers: Please share in the comments links to recipes you are loving for your early season farm share vegetables! Tips, questions, and suggestions are always welcome, too. Enjoy your vegetables! 🥦🥬🥒🌶🌽🥕 See you next week :)