The weekly challenge

Rosie Creek Farm is starting to intimidate me with their plethora of beautiful veggies. The CSA is supposed to be enough for four people, but I figured I eat way more veggies than most, not to mention that I just eat more, in general, than most, so it ought to be enough for two of me. And then approximately once a week I'll have friends over or go to a friend's house and bring something, and there are more than one of said friends, so I figured the vegetable quantity would all work out. But lately, I've been losing. AHH! Eat more! Eat more!

Inspired by BT's salad post, I decided to post this photo from a while ago that I had originally rejected due to poor image quality:


A good use of a veggie bounty! Lettuce, roasted beets, homemade mozz, homemade pesto, grilled zucchinis, etc, etc--use it all up! Throw it all in there! The nasturtium caught Mike's eye, and he said, "Wow! A garnish!" I (who as a rule eschew all forms of pretension) was quite embarrassed and felt the need to point out that the nasturtium was IN the salad mix when it was GIVEN to me, and furthermore, that it was EDIBLE, dangit, so it was NOT a frou-frou GARNISH! :D

Here is my haul for this week:


That is, like, a lot of stuff. My favorite is the fractal broccoli:


How long is the coast of Britain?


I got another bunch of these lovely, fragrant herbs:

What, precisely, are they, and what should I do with them? The only thing I can positively identify is the rosemary.

So last night I got busy. I will not let the CSA beat me this week! Especially after throwing in the towel last week and distributing (uncooked) vegetables to friends. (My completely nonsensical rule in the game is, having friends over for dinner or bringing a dish to a friend's house is okay, but giving away raw vegetables means I lose!) First, I cut up the fractal broccoli, sauteed it with garlic, and ate it ALL! Muwahahahahaha!!!

Then I grated up the last item from last week's pickup--a zucchini--and made bread:


Then, being Chinese and unwilling to waste oven heat on Just One Item, I baked up the spaghetti squash at the same time, then scraped out its flesh, mixed it with a sliced roasted onion from last week, some random herbs from the bunch about whose identities I haven't the faintest clue, salt, and pepper, then covered it with grated cheese and bread crumbs for a squash casserole:


So when I get home tonight, all I need to do is put that guy in the oven.

At the same time, I also roasted the beets, then peeled and sliced them for salad later this week:


Now the only item left in that pile that's something of a challenge is that mondo-celery. A friend is having a cookout this Friday. I think I'm going to bring... something celery-related! Any ideas? Anyone? Celery salad? Celery soup? I've never used large quantities of celery in anything; just in tuna salad and as a vehicle for peanut butter.

Edited to add: The sun is waking up!