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Archive for December, 2008

CSA freezer inventory

Today I went through my freezer to make a list of what we had. Turns out we’ve got a lot. I want to get through it over the next few months. I think that will mean a lot of vegetable soup and fruit muffins. Not a horrible fate, I suppose. Here’s what we have that [...]

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Pecans Here’s a fabulous recipe for candied pecans. It’s really easy if you’re only making 2 cups worth. The reviews of the recipe suggested doubling the recipe and adding cinnamon and honey. That’s what I did, and it worked out great. My mom used to make something like these for teacher gifts when I was [...]

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So this is my last bag of produce for at least a whole month. I’m trying to be brave about it. I bought some extra stuff from the online store to keep us going. lettuce butternut squash apples walnuts duck eggs catnip sock The butternut squash is a linebacker of a squash, so we’ll get [...]

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This was a great week, and I learned a lot. Butternut squash! We cooked our butternut squash in two stages: the neck and the bottom. First we cut off the neck, peeled it (butternut squash is pretty easy to peel), and sliced it into half-inch rounds. Then we drizzled them with butter and brown sugar [...]

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What a cool bag this week! It’s nice to be in a climate where the second week in December gives you such a nice array of produce to work with. Standard items 3 apples Napa cabbage lettuce kale 6 sweet potatoes many carrots with tops daikon radishes (These are in the picture below, but I [...]

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Here’s what happened with this week’s produce… The pumpkin got moldy on the outside. I think it’s because the stem broke off when I picked it up. We’re going to cut the pumpkin open and cook it tonight if the insides aren’t moldy. So this week I learned not to pick up winter squash by [...]

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12/3 Pumpkin!

Here’s what came this week! Komatsuna cilantro a cute little pumpkin 2 kinds of hydroponic lettuce 3 daikon radishes 6 peppers loose leaf lettuce (This is about half of what we got Wednesday. We’ve been busy!) green onions half dozen eggs 4 apples (2 were already gone by the time I took this picture. And [...]

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Wait a minute… that’s not kohlrabi It’s pac choi. I said I had kohlrabi in my bag and was looking for a recipe. My neighbor suggested making kohl-slaw by slivering the kohlrabi root and using it in place of cabbage. I found a beef with kohlrabi stirfry recipe. When my kohlrabi turned about to be [...]

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