thoughtful consumption

Yesterday we had a big vegetable plate for supper… because we had plans to go to Five Guys for burgers and fries later. (I have to confess that this is a picture of Chris’ plate – not mine. I’ve made a lot of progress in the vegetable department, but there are still things I don’t [...]

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Crostini night Tonight we had Asian pear-goat cheese crostini for an appetizer. I diced and sautéed the pear in olive oil with salt and pepper. It tasted great. The sauteed pear was crunchy, not too sweet, and a little tangy. The chevre was delicious, too. Even in small amounts, it adds a lot of flavor [...]

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This week’s box chevre (goat cheese) eggs garlic onions green beans coffee basil Asian pear! apples potatoes tomatoes And from the store this week, I bought more onions, pancake mix, field peas, and sausage. I’m in danger of developing a $30 a month sausage habit. So far… I got a bunch of stuff done this [...]

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Monday night supper This was Monday night’s supper: field peas, a tomato from our garden, and stir-fried patty pan squash. The “entrée” is some roast beef slices simmered in barbecue sauce and served over a slice of bread. The patty pan squash is great for stir-frying with butter, cornmeal mix, salt, and pepper. It’s the [...]

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Blueberry ricotta pancakes! I ended up with extra ricotta cheese, and that’s the kind of thing that will sit in my refrigerator until it’s all kinds of crazy colors. To preempt the rainbow of doom, I dug around the internet to find uses for ricotta. Didn’t take long to hit on blueberry ricotta pancakes. We’re [...]

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Last night, we had butter beans, creamed corn, and some terrific sausage from Gum Creek. The sausage was delicious! It made the house smell good for hours. The butter beans weren’t bad either. The corn was creamed corn from a can – a little too sweet but entirely edible. The creamed corn was an accident. [...]

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eggs red cabbage butter beans dried red peas apples watermelon sweet potatoes patty pan squash rice grits globe eggplant tomatoes basil I also ordered field peas, 2 lbs of apples, and 1 lb of sausage from the store. Beans and peas Every CSA season I discover a couple of vegetables that I thought I didn’t [...]

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I was so excited to go to the beach last week. But of course there’s a lot to do before you go. So I cooked and froze a bunch of produce and shelled pecans (2 shelled pounds worth!). By the end of the day, I had burns from the oven, lacerations from pecan shells on [...]

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So here’s the run-down on supper. The broiled shrimp po-boys were pretty good but not super special. It was fun to make the garlic mayonnaise, though. I’ll definitely play around with homemade mayo again. And I loved the fresh sorrel! No one seemed to like it as much as I did, but who cares? That’s [...]

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So here’s my plan for Saturday’s supper. It’s all new to me, but, if something goes horribly wrong, we can have pasta with pesto or just go straight to dessert. __________ Cream of tomato soup I’ll use fresh tomatoes if they don’t get eaten before Saturday. My guest is bringing bread that we’ll have with [...]

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