Living in the CSA: This week's haul, and what to do with it?
It's SarahKK, back again to report on Living in the CSA. The family picked up our second haul from the early-bird CSA we're taking part in. This week, we got: potatoes, onions, kale, apples, blood oranges, honey tangerines, beets, parsnips, eggs (beautiful eggs!) and apple crumb bread.
We still had quite a lot of leftovers from last week, despite my cooking whirlwind this weekend, so my husband whipped up a quick soup from the last of the carrots, potatoes and apples, with a hefty dose of curry. Yum. This morning, I broiled a grapefruit, and I'm going to poach one, as suggested, as well.
The things I'm thinking about making:
-- Blood Orange Olive Oil Cake from Smitten Kitchen
-- Kale chips (this is a definite; we were already obsessed with these)
-- Roasted Parsnip and Apple Soup from Guilty Kitchen
-- Another frittata for sure (tomorrow, I'll post the one I made this weekend)
-- Something with beets, but I haven't figured that out yet
Any suggestions? I'll take 'em!
(Photo by me)
Categories: CSA, Living in the CSA, Recipes
Comments
Potato soup for a rainy Thursday - it's what we are having. I would give you my recipe if I could only remember from which website it came since I'm not at home. It's pretty quick. I do rememebr that you cook the potatoes, mash some of them up to thicken the soup, add cream cheese, chicken broth, and some spices, but I'm probably leaving a few things out. I'm sure you can find a good recipe online. Just top with some shredded cheddar cheese and add some of your veggies, and you've got a quick, easy meal.
Posted by: Mar | March 10, 2011 1:56 PM
You might need more beets! Martha's got a list of citrus recipes including beets with blood oranges.
Posted by: Liz Kay | March 10, 2011 2:49 PM
I like to roast beets in a hot oven, maybe with a sprinkle of fresh thyme or sage, plus olive oil and kosher salt. Rosemary would work, too. You can mix them with other roasted veggies (I do each one in a separate pan, because they are never done at the same time). Or you can save them to add to salads once they have cooled.
Posted by: Dahlink | March 10, 2011 3:16 PM
Maybe this beet and goat cheese salad? Looks like you could easily sub in different greens/nuts/dried fruit, or leave out what you don't like:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/beet-and-goat-cheese-arugula-salad-recipe/index.html
Posted by: Amy | March 10, 2011 4:25 PM
Penzey's Spice catalog has a recipe for a cake that uses beets in place of carrots for a not so traditional carrot cake. It sounds really good.
Posted by: ann | March 11, 2011 8:45 AM
I'm loving the idea of making cake out of everything. Though it's not going to help much with the fitness challenge. Hmmm ...
Posted by: SarahKK | March 11, 2011 3:08 PM