Week 2 - Oops

For week 2, I was traveling on business, but my partner was able to pick up our share (broccoli rabe, butter lettuce, arugula, radishes, kale, garlic scapes). He then put the entire share in the fridge - in the bag he picked it up in. When I returned 2 days after the share pick-up, everything was wilted and not looking like it was in good shape. I usually don't think much about how to keep veggies because we eat them pretty quickly... I usually just throw things in the crisper - with the exception of asparagus that I treat like fresh cut flowers (cut a little off the bottom, put in a jar with some water, and keep in the fridge). But now I'm going to be more mindful of how to keep the vegetables.

Fortunately, my neighbor told me about a neat trick - put wilted vegetables in cold water with ice cubes to make it perk up. The broccoli rabe could not be saved, but we were able to use everything else.

I had some failures this week - Radish chips were soggy and not very good. The garlic scape pesto was a little too peppy (maybe it needed more cheese?) and overpowered everything. And the kale cooked like the Cooks Illustrated Best Recipes recommended wasn't very flavorful. But I did have some successes....

• The Open-Faced Prosciutto and Plum Sandwiches were awesome! The arugula really gave it a nice flavor.
• How can you go wrong with a nice butter lettuce salad?