Day one...

Ok technically day 2 & a half...
So this week we got:
1 1/2 lb eye round roast
3 lbs ground beef
2 1/2 lb beef sirloin
2 1/2 lb osso bucco (never had it, farmer said is good, im excited!)
2 lbs fresh pork sausage
1 lb sweet italian sausage
2 lbs hamburger patties
1 1/2 lb pork chops
big bag of asian greens
fresh spinach
fresh mint ('chocolate' flavor!)
about a pint or so of strawberries
2 lbs whole wheat flour
4 loaves whole wheat bread (smaller size)
1 large italian-y type bread, round
croutons
2 doz eggs
yogurt
butter
tapioca pudding
raw milk
soap
4 HUGE dog bones (franky likey!)
(if i remember other items I will note them)
Our pick up is Friday evenings.
So Friday night we had a thai style pork and cabbage stir fry made with grocery store food, because I had defrosted a pork loin, knowing that the meat we got at the farm would be frozen. Oh, and we ate half a loaf of bread on the drive home DELISH!
Saturday I boiled eggs and used red beets from a can and vinegar to make red beet eggs to keep in the fridge for snacking. I used the spinach (along with grocery store, hereafter 'GS' bok choy, mushrooms, onions, garlic, soy sauce and wonton wrappers, all purchased prior to farm pick up) to make steamed wontons for my lunch (kids at their dad's) and the rest for snacks.
For dinner we grilled the pork chops, since it was just Dave and me, as well as a lovely salad of the asian greens and some radishes from my garden, along with croutons and GS dressing. Also grilled  more mushrooms (GS) to go with. The pork was FANTASTIC, I don't think I ever had really TASTED pork before, GS pork is so bland! I just splashed it with worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper, brushed on a smidge of GS BBQ sauce at the end, cuz it was already opened...
This morning we housed eggs and toasted wheat bread, plus the pork sausage (I KNOW, pork 3x in 1 day!), scrumptious, no comparison between GS eggs and fresh free range eggs!!! NONE! free range eggs are creamier, bright orange, delicious! We have given up our beloved sugar-free french vanilla non-dairy creamer, and both had cream skimmed off the milk in our coffee and splenda (we are going to switch to suger, i promise).
For lunch I made chicken salad (GS chicken, celery, craisins, smoked almonds, mayo), but I substituted the farm yogurt for the greek yogurt or sour cream I usually use. We ate it on GS bread, cuz I still have a loaf, but layered some asian greens inside, yum.
For snacks we both had red beet eggs, dave ate most of the tapioca pudding and strawberries.
When the kids got home Isaac (13 yo) made home-made ice cream (google 'how to make ice cream in a bag' or 'how to make ice cream in a can') which was tasty and he had fun, and i thought was an INGENIOUS (lol) way to get him excited about the mason jars of milk in the fridge. Also, raw milk only keeps for 3-4 days, so i want to use up what we got Friday, Farmer (not her real name lol!) offered to give me more mid-week.
For dinner I made the sirloin, marinated all day in worcesteshire and a bit of loive oil. I wanted to slice it super thin and make fajitas out of it, but was too lazy after working in garden/yard all day, so grilled it over low heat. It was good, not my best. I believe it was my cooking method rather than the meat though, cuz that cut was really more of a roast than a 'steak'. I am pickier than the kids, cuz they ate every bit on their plates! Dave was of my opinion. There was enough left to make fajitas for 2 ppl, maybe for lunch tomorrow, or a juicy steak sandwich on that italian bread.... I'll let you know how it goes.
I rounded out the supper with GS corn on the cob, GS frozen onion rings (been in the freezer for a month at least!) and some baked GS potatoes. ( I know, I know, nothing green! I am trying to get rid of the leftover GS items, plus in a few weeks we will have produce by the ton!) Isaac made cumin butter for the corn with the butter, Dave and Simon used plain butter.
The exciting bit happened before bed when Isaac had a bowl of GS cereal and reported to his (more hesitant) brother that the milk tasted 'just like milk'!!! And then: Simon (super-duper-picky 15 yo) used it in his sacred (he drinks about 3/16 oz glasses a day) chocolate milk and LOVED IT! 'Extra creamy chocolate milk, that can never be a bad thing.' <= exact quote! Phew, hurdle one, over. Then he ate all the croutons. And his brother finished the pudding and strawberries, plus I made GS banana pudding from a box with the milk, and they ate that too. Then Isaac ate a chicken salad sandwich and claimed there was nothing to eat in the whole house, and had a bowl another bowl of cereal. Dave and I ate the leftover ice cream for dessert, it was vanilla, but we think it would be even better with lemon extract and some lemon rind.

So not perfect, but not too shabby all in all.

Chicken is apparently a seasonal item, meaning it is slaughtered in fall and winter? I am using my own faulty memory, farmer told me, but I forget. With this excessively rainy weather, produce will be a little touch and go for a couple weeks, til we get some sunshine and dry out those fields. Rhubarb was also available, but I didnt take any, because I didn't want it rotting in my fridge when I didnt know what to do with it.

I think the next few weeks will be a learning process for us as we adjust to eating what is available seasonally here in central PA, and somewhat for Farmer, as this is her first time doing this also (she also has a produce csa and a meat csa). I am sure by the mid to end of June there will be more produce than we know what to do with, til then, I will let you know how I round out the meats!
Oh and Frank has been kissing me with smokey bone breath all weekend! <3