I was super excited about the kale this week. Can you believe it? Haven’t I grown? I even grabbed an extra bunch from the discard basket. Wonders never cease. I still think it smells like sweaty socks but I will gladly eat it in my soup.
Here is what we got this week:
Winter Squash
Kale
Popcorn
Celery Root
Garlic
Bok Choy
Broccoli
Leek
Carrots
Lettuce Head
Beets
Sweet potatoes
Ruby Heart Radish
Pie Pumpkin
I will happily be using the kale, leek, and celery root to make soup.
Weight Watcher’s Magazine just had a great recipe for sweet potatoes that combines two traditional dishes: cranberry sauce and sweet potato casserole. You bake the sweet potatoes and layer them with cranberry sauce in a casserole dish. I can’t wait to try it!
For now, I am going to enjoy my winter squash and pumpkin in my lovely table centerpiece.
Eventually, (you guessed it), I am making soup.
Soup is my answer to everything.
Everything except beets. I let that beet as big as my head get in my head. I haven’t been able to touch them. I need to get over it. It has been 5 weeks. Think it’s still good? It’s been living in the back of my fridge. I keep checking on it and it doesn’t smell yet. That will be my goal next week. Conquer the beets.
I had a dream that I had to give up my CSA carrots for something or other and I refused. “You don’t understand,” I told the opposing party, “these are CSA carrots, they’re not just regular carrots.” That’s how strongly I feel about these guys. They are amazing! I bet they would be super good with my buffalo dip hummus.
I am intrigued with the ruby red radish. I can’t wait to grate some over our next fancy salad or do a nice roast, perhaps with my centerpiece winter squash? We’ll see.
I just heard a great garlic tip during one of my local chef interviews. You can roast garlic, puree it, and then freeze it. The roasted garlic puree has a sweeter taste and you don’t have to worry about it going bad as fast. Stay tuned in early November for the interview and the directions.
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We are coming near the end of our CSA season. I am really hoping we get some butternut squash next week to make this a really good year.
What is your favorite piece of CSA produce?
