Sunday Randomness #204 : CSA shares from Borski Farms Part 1

We participated in a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) with some co-workers this growing season.  Fifteen shares-starting July 1, 2020 and ending with the last share on Oct, 7, 2020. 

We received things such as micro greens, anasazi beans, garlic, rainbow carrots, apricots, cherries, kale, corn, local cheese, peppers, squash, beets, and salad greens in the first three weeks.  

http://www.borskifarms.org/
 

Slow Cooker Baked Beans for winter time warmth

 Top picture with some of the ingredients including molasses, kidney beans, pork and beans and butter beans (also sometimes known as lima beans)

Bottom picture of the finished dish topped with cooked bacon.

Baked Beans p. 34 in the VV5th cookbook from 2008
1 lb. ground beef, browned
1 small onion, chopped and sauteed
2/3 c. brown sugar
1/4 c. molasses
1/2 c. catsup
2 T. mustard
1/2 c. BBQ sauce
1/4 tsp. chili powder
1 (16-oz.) can kidney beans
1 (16-oz.) can lima beans
1 (16-oz.) can pork and beans
3 slices bacon, browned and crumbled

Combine all ingredients except bacon in a slow cooker.  Cook on low for 5-6 hours.  Top with bacon.

(Cook's note:  Lima beans and butter beans have a mixed definition- some people say they are the same others that they are different.  I could only find butter beans so that's what I used and we liked them in the dish.  Also, the cans of beans are now 15-oz instead of 16-oz.) 

One of these things is not like the others

When I recently made black bean soup we discovered a stow-away bean in with the black beans. Hmmm.... I hope that kidney bean will not mind being in a black bean soup.


Here's the sautéed vegetables of onion, carrot, celery and green pepper. Some of these were dehydrated and then reconstituted.

And the soup simmered in the crockpot for half of the day.