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The farm found even larger plastic bags, so this was all in one bushel bag, instead of two half-bushel ones. I suspect the logistics are much easier on their end, but it is a pain to carry home: the bag barely fit in my backpack, and without handles (it's held closed by a rubber band), it would be frustratingly difficult to carry home as is (not to mention noticeably heavy!).

four tops-of-kale plants (ie kinda like a small bunch, but not individual leaves, being on one stalk)
a big bag of spinach
seven leeks
a lot of carrots (maybe three to four pounds?)
two stalks of broccoli with leaves
a butternut squash
seven red beets
three sweet potatoes
daikon, what looks like it might have been an enormous one that broke into three still-pretty-large chunks (think: at least two or three pounds of daikon)
four heads of garlic

And because I'm a sucker for Thanksgiving foods, I'd also put in an order from Mass Food Delivery that arrived today in two half-bushel boxes (pretty much all veggies, plus a couple of apples and one package of bluefish pate). So I have a lot of cooking in my future!

First thoughts: I've been sauteeing a bag of spinach at a time (with onions, and sometimes sweet potatoes), then adding one of those pouch Indian meals to it as a sauce. It gets me to eat a lot of leaves at once. The kale will be massaged and likely added to mashed potatoes (I haven't tired of this yet). Some carrots my get pickled, others will end up in soup (pea soup is likely for Shabbat, and turkey soup next week). And maybe some will be stir fried with the broccoli. I'm uninspired by the daikon; I may give that to a friend (each bag was going to have daikon or black radish; I was hoping for the latter). A bunch of the other veggies will be made for Thanksgiving (some friends are picking up Thanksgiving food from me).