CSA Week 9

This past two weeks has been a bit odd, with the Film Fest taking our time and me traveling a bit for work. Still, we've done a pretty good job with the share. The squash and pumpkins are still sitting in our pantry, but we've used the Radicchio, roasted the cauliflower (which was startlingly delicious,) and even made a potato and celeriac cake which was quite good. The pears went into an oddly dry but still good crisp.

Spaghetti Squash will get added to the squash stash in our pantry.

Celery is another thing that's always in season, I guess. This is pretty leafy with a lot of slender stems, but I think it'll still work. I plan on trying my hand at making stock this weekend, so I can use a lot of the leafiness for that.

Cubannelle Peppers

Sweet Potatoes will probably end up in a ravioli recipe we have.

Two small heads of Broccoli which we'll steam.


Sunflower Sprouts again.

Carrots again. Some more. Some also destined for stock.

Yellow Onions

French Breakfast Radishes

Acorn Squash

Apples which we'll use for apple cake. We have a few leftover pears from last week too, so we'll probably toss those in.

CSA Week 8

The last few weeks were pretty good for the CSA. We roasted the beets with some salt and pepper. I found them quite tasty, but Mary would have prefered them with some more, non-beet stuff mixed in. The Frisee got used a bit in salad, though we've been doing other vegetables so we didn't manage to use it all.

I had every intention of making Kohlrabi with Honey Butter sauce -- How can anything with Honey Butter sauce be bad -- but we managed to have the head of kohlrabi go soft before we got around to doing it. Oh well, there's always next year.




Butternut Squash and Delicata Squash will likely get prepared in similar ways. Roasted, probably.

Wee Bee Little Pumpkins are too cute to eat! I lie, we're eating em -- Eff cute. We're thinking pumpkin muffins made from real pumpkin rather than the can. Weird!

Radicchio is another of Mary's nemesis, again for it's bitterness. It's actually quite nice mixed in with salads, since it's not the dominant flavor there.

Another vegetable we have dreaded is Cauliflower. Mary and cauliflower have a dark history, but she's managed to find a recipe for roasting it that will at least allow us to get through the small head we have.

A few different varieties of Hot Peppers which will likely get used in pasta sauce and or chopped and mixed into corn muffins for a side to Chili.

A Shallot and a few of what appears to be Oddly Shaped Red Onions.

Mushrooms

Lucious Dessert Pears

Parsley is apparently always in season.

Celeriac The only time I have ever seen this used was once on Iron Chef. If Dr. Hatori can't beat Morimoto with it, what chance do I have? Mary foud a recipe for a potato and celeriac cake that sounds pretty good, so we'll probably do that. We already used the celerey part in the cavity of a roasted chicken.