For a recent potluck, I decided to be overly ambitious and try making baklava. I’d had a recipe* floating around that I kept eyeing and finally decided to give it a try – and it was absolutely worth the effort. The hard part (in reality more time-consuming than hard) is the phyllo pastry. Keeping it damp and not ripping it proved…
Author: Cynthia
Winter Veggies
One question I’ve been asked several times recently is how long we plan on doing our vegetable delivery. Matt and I have discussed this and we decided that we will continue over the winter until we get a delivery that we just feel wasn’t worth the money. From what we understand, the place we get ours from will continue delivering…
Odds and Ends
As we headed into fall, Matt and I came face to face with one of our dilemmas that we knew was coming. We had no idea how to cook most root vegetables. The thought of turnip, parsnip, rutabagas, and beets filling up our basket frankly terrified us. We muddled through a few recipes (beet spaghetti was a fabulous find!) before…
And back to our regularly scheduled programming…
So, we’d been neglecting the blog for the past few months. I can blame it on the wedding planning, honeymoon planning and whatnot, but it really boils down to laziness. However, since we are back from the honeymoon and I can no longer use that excuse for not updating (and the weather is not conducive to being outdoors), it’s time to…
5th and 6th baskets
Ok, so I’ve been lazy and here are 2 posts in one: 5th basket carrots onion 2 zucchini broccoli pea shoots microgreens 6 yellow potatoes 2 tomatoes garlic scapes salad greens red leaf lettuce 7 cremini mushrooms snow peas sugar snap peas swiss chard 6th basket salad greens red leaf lettuce carrots pea shoots microgreens white mushrooms celery swiss chard…
Microgreen and Basil Pesto
You may want to adjust the ratio of basil to microgreens to suit your own taste. I have found one third basil to two thirds greens to be the right mix for me. Ingredients 1/2 cup each of basil, microgreens and pea shoots 3 tbsp olive oil 3 tbsp white wine 2 cloves garlic, minced grated parmesan cheese to taste…
Cayenne kale chips
After making the kale pasta and realizing how much the kale absorbed the spice, I decided to try adding cayenne to kale chips. It adds some kick! Ingredients large bunch of kale salt and pepper to taste cayenne to taste olive oil Preheat oven to 350 Rip kale into bite-sized pieces. Mix together oil and spices. Brush kale on both…
Weeks 7 and 8 – fourth basket, aka leftovers
[Note: In the process of reviving this blog from the dead, the photos from this post were lost] First, the inventory: mixed greens carrots 2 zucchini 3 large mushrooms (they look like a hybrid of cremini and shiitake) 6 spring onions 4 roma tomatoes sugar snap peas cauliflower broccoli 4 yellow potatoes 3 mini head lettuce swiss chard asparagus microgreens…
Kale and bacon pasta
The kale tends to absorb all the cayenne, leaving the rest with a nice, mellow sweet pepper flavor. Ingredients 2 cups (or more!) roughly torn kale 1 red pepper diced 1 yellow pepper diced tablespoon olive oil 3 strips bacon, cut in small pieces 4 cloves garlic, minced teaspoon of cayenne teaspoon of basil crumbled feta cheese rotini pasta peashoots…
Weeks 5 and 6 – third basket
[Note: the photos that originally accompanied this post have been lost to the sands of time] While we still think that $50 a week is pretty pricey, I also have to admit that we could not do this basket delivery every week. We would never be able to go through everything in a week. We will tend to eat the…