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Winter CSA Box 11- More Asparagus (Let’s make microwave risotto)
This week we did not get a great deal of variety, but we made up for that with quantity. 5 more lbs of asparagus. My daughter pointed out there are no huge stalks in this shipment. Those big guys last … Continue reading
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Tagged Asparagus, brown rice, CSA, grilled asparagus, microwave cooking, onion, pickled asparagus, rice, risotto, shallots, steamed asparagus
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Winter CSA Box 9 – Its coming up Greens – the last box before St. Patrick’s Day
We’ve been very busy around here lately, with big changes at work, at home, at school. We have been cooking, taking notes and photos of how we have used our CSA goodies, but I just have not had the opportunity … Continue reading
Getting Warm with Coconut Curry, Chicken and Apples
I have lots of onions and garlic from last week’s Winter CSA box, so those are the CSA contributions to this wonderful warm dish for a cold winter evening. 1 t. olive oil 2 lbs chicken breasts cut into large … Continue reading
Ragout with Pork, Collard Greens and Garbanzo Beans
This was one of those times where I had ingredients that were kind of like the ingredients in the recipe I wanted to cook, but really nothing like the ingredients in the recipe I wanted to cook. The recipe I … Continue reading
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Tagged collard greens, CSA, garbanzo beans, garlic, onion, pork, red potatoes, rosemary
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Shepherd’s Pie with Butternut Squash and a surprise vegetable
As if butternut squash isn’t enough of an outlier in Shepherd’s Pie… Shepherd’s Pie is one of my fondest memories of meals my mom cooked when we were kids. Hers was always made with ground beef, frozen peas and mashed … Continue reading
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Tagged CSA, garlic, ground beef, mashed squash, Okra, roasted butternut squash, sage, Shepherd's Pie, thyme, whole okra
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Winter CSA Box 5 – Its all about the greens
Good thing I have learned lots of ways to use greens, because we got A LOAD of them this week. The box included swiss chard, collard greens, beets (with greens), turnips (with greens), a bag of mixed cooking greens, a winter … Continue reading
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Tagged bacon, beet greens, beets, collard greens, community supported agriculture, CSA, greens, swiss chard, turnips
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Winter CSA Box 4 – Finally, a use for all those radishes! Smoked Turkey
In addition to being ridiculously busy at work, we replaced the carpet in two rooms with hardwood floors – at Christmas. What were we thinking?! The computer lives in the dining room, which was the first room to get new … Continue reading
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Tagged bok choy, cranberries, CSA, garlic, pine nuts, quiche, radishes, smoked turkey, squash, stuffing, turkey, Winter CSA
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Cooking the Recipes of Others – Beef and Bok Choy Pie and General Tso’s Chicken
Sometimes recipes online don’t work as well as advertised. I won’t describe those. But lately, I have had very good luck trying other’s recipes to use up my CSA vegetables. First, I tried Kirsten’s Beef and Bok Choy pie from … Continue reading
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Tagged bok choy, chicken, CSA, General Tso's chicken, greens, ground beef, pie
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Box #2 – Greens and Potatos and Turnips, Oh My!
We are eating quite well this winter so far. Box #2 had Swiss chard, organic salad greens, spicy salad greens, spinach, fresh sage, two types of radishes, turnips, and Yukon Gold potatoes. And I have been substituting up a storm … Continue reading →