Woo-hoo! Good to be back. I left my camera on vacation last month. (It begged and begged and finally I relented and left it to live out its natural life at Daytona Beach. You like my story?)
So I got a new camera. Then I accidently erased more than two weeks of veggie photos. But I think I’ve got my new camera all figured out now. (Knockknockknockknockknock.)
Here’s what came in my CSA box o’ goodness yesterday:
Dandelion greens!
These are dandelion greens, so all I can think is how big those dandelions would be. Like basketballs!
It’s a green kind of week. In addition to the dandelion greens, I also got
kale
lettuce and Bordeaux spinach
green beans
green tomatoes, green pepper jelly, and somewhat green apples
carrots and radishes (with greens)
What’s missing
I also got sweet potatoes, eggs, and some fresh goat cheese. I love fresh goat cheese! It tastes like happy. I’ll put it on salads and crackers. It’ll go nicely with the green tomatoes, too, I think.
Unfortunately, this photo was lost in the great camera catastrophe of November 9.
So far…
Dandelion greens are fantabulously healthy for you. They contain more potassium than just about anything else. I’m sautéing the green parts tonight. I’ve diced the root ends to save for an upcoming stir-fry.
I took the nicest of the radish greens and threw them into the bag of kale. I’ll sauté all of them with craisins and walnuts some night soon. And maybe serve with roasted sweet potatoes!
The green beans are cooked and ready for reheating.
The lettuce is a dense variety that yields a bunch of servings per head. It also seems like good sandwich lettuce. I like my lettuce on sandwiches to be substantial to stand up to everything else.
I’m thinking of giving away the spinach. I’m still backed up on arugula and I’m not sure I can get to this time. On the other hand, my neighbor’s girls like this spinach, and I’ll be happy to think of them eating it.
I might gift some of the green tomatoes, too. I’ll fry one or two up for Chris. But I’m not that big a fan, and how many fried green tomatoes can one man eat? I mean, how many fried green tomatoes should one man eat?
I have a new thing to do with apples – porridge apple bake. I’m still perfecting it, but you peel, core, and slice the apples and put them in a 8×8 pan. Then you add a ½ cup Pioneer Porridge and two cups of water or milk. Bake at 350 covered for 30 minutes and then another 15 uncovered. It was good. I wanted a hot easy breakfast, and this gave me a week of them.
Searching around the interwebs, I found http://blog.fooducate.com/2011/09/28/a-hot-breakfast-that-has-it-all/. Actually, it sounds much better and includes eggs and yogurt for even more healthy breakfast points. I love this recipe because it’s a mix and match kind of thing. Use whatever fruit you have, whatever grains you have, and whatever liquid you have. So useful to have in the back of your brain or recipe stack!
What about those apple peelings? I read that Jacques Pépin dries apple peels in a slow oven and uses them for tea. And Jacque Pépin is never wrong. So I tried it even though I’m not a big fan of apple tea. But the peels didn’t even make it to the tea pot. I pulled them out of the oven after about 30 minutes and tried one. So good! Crispy and sweet and tart! The rest disappeared rapidly.
By the way, I had pictures of all this, too. But alas, no longer.
Enjoy your food!
thoughtful consumption 
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