This week's farmers market meal plan + recipes — 2nd week of August

I’ve been known to indulge in some pretty niche produce varieties, but I hope that doesn’t deter you from trying some of these recipes: At the end of the day, an eggplant is still an eggplant, and an onion is still an onion, and a cucumber is still a cucumber.

That aside, let’s indulge in some peak summer produce.

My haul breaks down to 53 servings of meals and snacks — $3.55 per serving. The cheapest was my jalapeno and serrano peppers, which were $0.50 each, while the priciest was my $20 swordfish

• Japanese eggplant

• casper eggplant

• Sicilian eggplant

• heirloom tomatoes

• red currant tomatoes

• trombambino

• Chinese heirloom suyo long cucumbers

• dragon grilling peppers

• Jimmy Nardello peppers

• serrano pepper

• jalapeno

• white + mango donut peaches

• tomatillos

• oak leaf lettuce

• molokhia (jute leaves)

• Japanese yellow rind, red flesh watermelon

• red seedless watermelon

• white corn

• tropea onions

• swordfish

• sea trout

• whole sea bass

• monkfish

• steelhead trout

• littleneck clams

• pasture-raised grass-fed short ribs

• fresh free-range eggs

• grass-fed Greek yogurt

• pasture-raised grass-fed chip steak