Vegan vanilla cream sauce
1/3 cup raw cashews
1/2 cup water
1 Tbsp coconut oil (optional)
1 tsp vanilla (or 1/2 vanilla bean)
1 Tbsp real maple syrup

1. Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Add more water, if necessary, to reach desired consistency.

Do you subscribe to a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) share? CSAs are a popular way to buy local and seasonal produce directly from the farmers in your area. We get a fruit/veggie combo box every other week from Farm Fresh To You. Sometimes it easy to know what to do with the contents (my kids would eat every berry in the box before they made it to the kitchen if given the chance!). Other times I have to put a little more thought into planning meals to use the produce.

Last year a fellow blogger, Flour Girl, came up with the idea to host a "Cooking Away My CSA" challenge. She created a Google group for the participants to share recipes, links, and creative CSA meal ideas. I was so glad to learn that she is facilitating this challenge again this year- what a brilliant idea!

I will be sharing recipes and meal ideas from my CSA box here and there. I hope you will join in!