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 [...]
Archive for December, 2008
CSA freezer inventory
Posted in CSA reports, Farmers Fresh CSA, tagged freezing on December 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
12/17 weekly wrap up and biscotti recipe
Posted in CSA reports, Farmers Fresh CSA, Recipes, tagged biscotti, black walnuts, daikon, duck eggs, eggs, freezing, pecans, walnuts on December 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
12/17 such sweet sorrow
Posted in CSA reports, Farmers Fresh CSA, tagged apples, Brussels sprouts, butternut squash, catnip, duck eggs, Ezekiel muffins, lettuce, radishes, walnuts on December 18, 2008 | 5 Comments »
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 [...]
12/10 weekly wrap up
Posted in CSA reports, Farmers Fresh CSA, tagged butternut squash, cabbage, carrots, daikon, fried rice, soap, sweet potatoes on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
12/10 – I love Wednesdays!
Posted in CSA reports, Farmers Fresh CSA, tagged cabbage, carrot tops, carrots, daikon, garlic, kale, lip balm, parsley, pecans, soap, sweet potatoes, tomatoes on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
12/3 weekly wrap up
Posted in CSA reports, Farmers Fresh CSA, tagged chicken Francese, daikon, eggs, Komatsuna, potatoes, pumpkin, seeds on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
12/3 Pumpkin!
Posted in CSA reports, Farmers Fresh CSA on December 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
11/24 weekly wrap up
Posted in CSA reports, Farmers Fresh CSA on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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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