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MALABAR SPINACH -  This beautiful, tropical, vining plant has a mild taste, but be sure not to over-cook it, or the leaves become slick.  Although it's not a true spinach, you can use it in ways you use regular spinach, including in salads (especially the tender tips), and cooked.  One of our Evanston market customers owns a great Japanese restaurant in Chicago, and uses the Malabar spinach in the classic Japanese preparation called "gomae." The sweet and savory sesame sauce is delicious on this and on other vegetables as well.  

TOMATOES - If you have too many to use this week, chunk them up and freeze to use later.  Or check out our recipes for tomato sauce and tomato puree

CUCUMBERS

SUMMER SQUASH

WATERMELON -- These are getting more delicious with each passing day. If you don't eat the whole watermelon in one sitting (congratulations on your self-control!), be sure and put the remaining sliced or cubed melon in the refrigerator to keep it from going off.

YOUR CHOICE OF:

• POTATOES
• CARROTS
• BEETS

YOUR CHOICE OF:

• EDAMAME (fresh green soybeans) 
• SHISHITO PEPPERS 
• ITALIAN SWEET "JIMMY NARDELLO" PEPPERS