Sunday, June 25, 2006

how to use up a CSA share

What we got this week (on Sunday) and what we have made so far:
amaranth greens--added to a vegetable stirfry on Monday along with carrots, broccoli, and green onions (all three from Wegmans produce section, which I try to avoid during CSA but can't always). The stirfry was seasoned with ginger, red wine vinegar, peanut butter, and sesame oil. My husband made this stirfry which I thought was good but he wasn't impressed with it. Either way, it really helped to use up several vegetables all at once.
garlic scapes--added to same stirfry
spinach--half used in vegetable bean soup on Tuesday (ingredients: carrots, green pepper, onion, orzo, cannellini beans, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, water, oregano, thyme). Other half used in pasta dish on Wednesday (fettucine with chicken, sundried tomatoes, onions, garlic, fresh basil and oregano, topped with parmesan cheese).
mizuna--half used in green salad on Wednesday along with some spinach and red lettuce (topped with strawberries, almonds and goat cheese)
lettuce--used in salad (I'm still using the lettuce from last week)
baby beets--not used yet! I'm not a huge beet fan, so I'm trying to get myself excited about these. Anyone have any ideas for me? I'd like to use the greens, too.
cilantro--half used in Monday's stirfry. Remaining half to be used in fresh homemade salsa or maybe a curry...I haven't decided yet.
shelling peas--all used on Monday in Fresh Pea Soup (from Simply in Season). I made this as a side dish while my husband made the stir-fry. Easy, delicious recipe--peel and chop two potatoes, put in large saucepan with 2 1/2 cups water. Bring to a boil, cook until potato is tender. Add shelled peas (I only had one cup but recipe called for three cups--adjust recipe as needed). Boil until peas are bright green and tender (a few minutes). Puree soup in food processor or blender. Salt and pepper to taste. Top with chopped fresh dill (which I had leftover from last week).
All in all, it's been a delicious week. The race continues...can we use up this week's ingredients before this coming Sunday when we get more produce? Tune in next posting and see....

1 Comments:

At 1:12 AM, Blogger Scraggle18 said...

baby beets and greens in a simple recipe from a cool website:

http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/outdoors/744

Yeay!! Wish I was there to try the pea soup!!!

 

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