You’ve signed up for your CSA and just brought your first box of the season home. Now what? How do we make sense of the puzzle box of ingredients to plan meals that reduce food waste and help us cook deliciously seasonal meals? In this session, CSA member and recipe creator, Frances Kellar of Cooking With Our CSA, will share tips for getting started as a CSA member, strategies for stocking a meaningful pantry for easy meal prep, and three key lessons she learned in her first year of CSA membership.

Frances Kellar (she/her) is the food publisher and recipe creator behind Cooking with Our CSA. With a focus on seasonal recipes using all the produce she receives with each weekly CSA box, Frances shares meal ideas, recipes, and tips to help home cooks prepare deliciously nourishing meals with all the seasonal produce one can find at their local farmers market or CSA. Find her recipes and latest blog posts on her website, Pinterest, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.

A member of the Sage Mountain Farm CSA, based in Anza, CA, Frances is an ardent supporter of her local farms, farmers markets, and the food systems in which they operate. She lives in Pomona, CA with her husband, their two very active children, and an equally active labrador, Dory.