For the love of Produce...
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Today's dinner is flank steak with a mix of roasted sunchokes and cauliflower, plus some asparagus cooked in a cast iron skillet.3
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I love watercress. Watercress soup is good too (there are many different versions).1
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I had some chicken to use up (I cooked a stewing hen and ended up with a ton of tasty broth and some chicken). I made a second chicken soup with the chicken, using the veg I had on hand that seemed to work: onion, garlic, carrot, parsnip, and green pepper. I decided to add potatoes cut small as my starch this time, and then thyme and chives from the herbs I have growing on my back porch. It made about 2 servings, so I have one leftover.
Current veg I have that I need to use pretty soon are some brussels, so will be doing something with them today or tomorrow. I'm also expecting a delivery from a group of farms that normally attend my favorite green market, but now are delivering. In addition to veg (I forget exactly what I ordered, will report when they come), I'm getting some meat and some soap.3 -
Vietnamese canhis one of my favourite simple things to do with watercress.
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My neighbor dropped off six tomato plants on Tuesday. She had asked me a while ago which ones that she was growing that I wanted. I had a hard time narrowing the list down, but I got it down to six. They went in the ground today!
Looks like:- Cosmonaut Volkov. I grew this one last year. Decent flavor. Small/medium slicer with a consistent shape. This is the only one that is in any way determinate. I figured it did well, I'll do it again.
- Sungold. If I was only going to have ONE tomato plant, this would probably be it. It always does well in my garden. I can just go out and graze. Very high yield, so I have plenty to share, too. And folks seem to like them. They thank me and ask for more
- Valencia. I am really looking forward to tasting this one. Also orange flesh, so might have a flavor like Sungold. Meaty flesh with few seeds. I better go buy some bacon and some good bread.....
- Pink Berkely Tie-Die. When I saw the name of this tomato, I figured I just had to grow one. I'm not as optimistic at how it will turn out, but whatever. Still - looks kind of cool, and .... great name. I judge books by their covers.
- Green Tiger. I have grown green cherry tomatoes before. I had one that I don't remember the name. It was green when ripe, but tasted like a "red" tomato. If you've grown orange and yellow tomatoes, you know what that means. Just so yum. So I look forward to this one.
- Estrenia. To be honest, I'm optimistic about this one, but we'll see. Who knows; it might become my favorites. It's like a "better" Sungold!
I harvested a couple radishes. I did a bunch of weeding. Blueberries aren't that far away. Nor raspberries. Cherries soon behind......
In stead of just roasted roots, I roasted both above and below tonight. From above was two artichoke. One was the elongated kind with outward facing spines, and the other was rounder and easier to handle. From below was sweet potato and onion. Turn the oven on before you go harvest the artichoke.
Roast for 20, flip the flat things, roast another ten.
Pour a glass of Willamette Valley Pinot Noir, and enjoy.5 -
I grew corn shoots on the balcony and they are pretty prolific but unfortunately I am not that crazy about their taste when raw. Going to use today's harvest for canh.
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I have been lurking here for quite a while, and learned a lot. I remember a discussion a while back of what to do with kitchen scraps, other than for composting. I tried to search, but couldn't find anything. Please help me out as I have a large bag of assorted vegetable scraps in the freezer. I need to use them as I need the room for other things now. Thanks in advance
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I have been lurking here for quite a while, and learned a lot. I remember a discussion a while back of what to do with kitchen scraps, other than for composting. I tried to search, but couldn't find anything. Please help me out as I have a large bag of assorted vegetable scraps in the freezer. I need to use them as I need the room for other things now. Thanks in advance
Simplest thing is to make broth.
Put everything in a pot and cover with water. Simmer SLOWLY. Watch for foam at first, and you can scoop it out if you want. Let that cook an hour or so, then let it cool and strain. You can freeze some broth if you want to keep it longer. Use it for SO MANY things to add flavor and umami when you might otherwise just use water. Not for cooking pasta, but for cooking rice, making soups, or anything you ADD water to.3 -
@mtaratoot Those are great tomato plants! I tried growing Berkeley Tie-Dye years ago and never got any tomatoes but it's for cooler zones than I'm in. Sungold is one of my favorite smaller tomatoes, I have a couple growing right now and they did great when I originally grew them.
On the subject of tomatoes I have to share this. I'm in a gardening group on Facebook and someone posted a picture of their tomato plants wondering why some of the leaves at the bottom were a little yellow. They're in huge grow bags and are the size of pine trees. It's a beginner's gardening group. They aren't tomato plants but the biggest marijuana plants I've ever seen, the size of professional growers! Someone must've played a joke on this guy, the comments are hilarious, one of the best was that he's growing some serious Purple Haze tomatoes! Either that or he was kidding around, they have to smell funky if nothing else!2 -
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I have been lurking here for quite a while, and learned a lot. I remember a discussion a while back of what to do with kitchen scraps, other than for composting. I tried to search, but couldn't find anything. Please help me out as I have a large bag of assorted vegetable scraps in the freezer. I need to use them as I need the room for other things now. Thanks in advance
@annk18 - I second @mtaratoot ‘s broth idea! I also love using my leftover veggie scraps in stews! Makes a great flavorful base. Have a crock pot? Dice and use them in egg muffins and vegetable omelettes. 🌱0 -
Sauteed pea shoots with onions stretched with frozen peas
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Safari_Gal_ wrote: »I have been lurking here for quite a while, and learned a lot. I remember a discussion a while back of what to do with kitchen scraps, other than for composting. I tried to search, but couldn't find anything. Please help me out as I have a large bag of assorted vegetable scraps in the freezer. I need to use them as I need the room for other things now. Thanks in advance
@annk18 - I second @mtaratoot ‘s broth idea! I also love using my leftover veggie scraps in stews! Makes a great flavorful base. Have a crock pot? Dice and use them in egg muffins and vegetable omelettes. 🌱
If you eat meat, save all your chicken, beef and pork bones and add them to the broth with a quartered onion, skin and all. If you eat whole fish or shellfish regularly you can save all the waste including shells too in a separate bag for fish broth along with your vegetable waste.
I've recently tried a tip I read online for extracting maximum flavour out of vegetable broth. I had some asparagus and artichoke stocks saved up in the freezer. I boiled an hour our two, then blitzed everything in the food processor and strained the liquid. Haven't discovered if it is worth extra effort because I just chucked the veggie broth back in the freezer to use later.1 -
What would you do with a box of chestnut mushrooms. I bought some on sale the other day because they were near their sell-by date. Normally would sautee them to add texture to dried porcini risotto but I'm getting tired of that. Any other ideas?0
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janejellyroll wrote: »
What do you stuff them with/ I normally stuff mushroom caps with leftover porcini risotto as a day two meal.
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janejellyroll wrote: »
What do you stuff them with/ I normally stuff mushroom caps with leftover porcini risotto as a day two meal.
I've never stuffed them with leftover risotto and now I've got to try it.
I like stuffing them with tempeh "sausage," like in this recipe: https://www.connoisseurusveg.com/tempeh-bacon-stuffed-mushrooms/1 -
What would you do with a box of chestnut mushrooms. I bought some on sale the other day because they were near their sell-by date. Normally would sautee them to add texture to dried porcini risotto but I'm getting tired of that. Any other ideas?
I don't think I've ever had chestnut mushrooms, but it sounds (from written descriptions) like the flavor profile is generally within the realm of more common porcini, cremini, or button type mushrooms.
One of the ways I really like the more common mushrooms is with regular turnips. One can hollow the turnips and stuff them (perhaps including rice or grain or bread crumbs), but - because I'm lazy - I usually just slice and layer, then bake. I've not done this in a while, but when I did, I was using a bread-based (crouton-type) stuffing in the layers, but grain would work well, too. I used classic US stuffing seasoning, like sage, thyme, garlic, onions, broth as needed, etc., but again variations would be fine, anything that would go with the slight spicy profile of the turnips.
I might be able to find the recipe, but there was really nothing exotic about it: Some kind of normal stuffing-type structure, optionally egg as binder, seasonings, optionally cheese, could include nuts; layer with sliced mushrooms and sliced turnips; bake until cooked through, top browned. Sort of a comfort food, in my world. If the mushrooms are raw, I'd keep the stuffing layers on the slightly drier side, so they can take up the juices during cooking.2 -
janejellyroll wrote: »
What do you stuff them with/ I normally stuff mushroom caps with leftover porcini risotto as a day two meal.
Where I live, we have Dungeness crab. They are fantastic pretty much any way. They are a great ingredient to add to stuffed mushrooms; probably don't need much else. I would pre-cook the mushrooms a bit so you don't overcook the crab.
My ex taught me another fun trick. Take off the stipes and chop them. Gently saute the caps until they are maybe a third of the way cooked. Line a casserole dish with the caps with the hollow side facing up. Mix up your favorite stuffing/dressing recipe. Use the chopped stipes in the mix. I often like to also add lots of other mushrooms even if it means puling a pack of chanterelles out of the freezer. Pour the stuffing over the mushrooms and bake just like any other stuffing. Now you have stuffed mushroom mushroom stuffing. Since they are chestnut mushrooms, add some chestnuts! That's going to be tasty.2 -
What would you do with a box of chestnut mushrooms. I bought some on sale the other day because they were near their sell-by date. Normally would sautee them to add texture to dried porcini risotto but I'm getting tired of that. Any other ideas?
I don't think I've ever had chestnut mushrooms, but it sounds (from written descriptions) like the flavor profile is generally within the realm of more common porcini, cremini, or button type mushrooms.
One of the ways I really like the more common mushrooms is with regular turnips. One can hollow the turnips and stuff them (perhaps including rice or grain or bread crumbs), but - because I'm lazy - I usually just slice and layer, then bake. I've not done this in a while, but when I did, I was using a bread-based (crouton-type) stuffing in the layers, but grain would work well, too. I used classic US stuffing seasoning, like sage, thyme, garlic, onions, broth as needed, etc., but again variations would be fine, anything that would go with the slight spicy profile of the turnips.
I might be able to find the recipe, but there was really nothing exotic about it: Some kind of normal stuffing-type structure, optionally egg as binder, seasonings, optionally cheese, could include nuts; layer with sliced mushrooms and sliced turnips; bake until cooked through, top browned. Sort of a comfort food, in my world. If the mushrooms are raw, I'd keep the stuffing layers on the slightly drier side, so they can take up the juices during cooking.
You probably already know this, but white button mushrooms, cremini mushrooms, and portobello mushrooms are all the same species. So are chestnut mushrooms. Or, more specifically, Chestnut Mushroom is another common name for the same fungus. Mushroom hunters call them "grocery store mushrooms," and taxonomists call them Agaricus bisporus. There is another fungus that's called a Chestnut Mushroom, so I'm not exactly sure what @acpgee got.
Porcini is a whole other animal. Yeah, mushrooms are more closely related to animals than plants. Porcini is known around these parts as King Bolete. It's not a gilled mushroom; boletes have pores rather than gills. They are a prized find if you are hunting for them. There's other boletes that are also quite tasty. It is one of the most prized wild mushrooms to be hunted. I'd trade chanterelles for them almost any day. They are available commercially, and they dry (and rehydrate) quite well. It's one of the reasons I look forward to some of those first fall rains. Mmmmmm.... I love mushrooms.4 -
What would you do with a box of chestnut mushrooms. I bought some on sale the other day because they were near their sell-by date. Normally would sautee them to add texture to dried porcini risotto but I'm getting tired of that. Any other ideas?
I don't think I've ever had chestnut mushrooms, but it sounds (from written descriptions) like the flavor profile is generally within the realm of more common porcini, cremini, or button type mushrooms.
One of the ways I really like the more common mushrooms is with regular turnips. One can hollow the turnips and stuff them (perhaps including rice or grain or bread crumbs), but - because I'm lazy - I usually just slice and layer, then bake. I've not done this in a while, but when I did, I was using a bread-based (crouton-type) stuffing in the layers, but grain would work well, too. I used classic US stuffing seasoning, like sage, thyme, garlic, onions, broth as needed, etc., but again variations would be fine, anything that would go with the slight spicy profile of the turnips.
I might be able to find the recipe, but there was really nothing exotic about it: Some kind of normal stuffing-type structure, optionally egg as binder, seasonings, optionally cheese, could include nuts; layer with sliced mushrooms and sliced turnips; bake until cooked through, top browned. Sort of a comfort food, in my world. If the mushrooms are raw, I'd keep the stuffing layers on the slightly drier side, so they can take up the juices during cooking.
You probably already know this, but white button mushrooms, cremini mushrooms, and portobello mushrooms are all the same species. So are chestnut mushrooms. Or, more specifically, Chestnut Mushroom is another common name for the same fungus. Mushroom hunters call them "grocery store mushrooms," and taxonomists call them Agaricus bisporus. There is another fungus that's called a Chestnut Mushroom, so I'm not exactly sure what @acpgee got.
Porcini is a whole other animal. Yeah, mushrooms are more closely related to animals than plants. Porcini is known around these parts as King Bolete. It's not a gilled mushroom; boletes have pores rather than gills. They are a prized find if you are hunting for them. There's other boletes that are also quite tasty. It is one of the most prized wild mushrooms to be hunted. I'd trade chanterelles for them almost any day. They are available commercially, and they dry (and rehydrate) quite well. It's one of the reasons I look forward to some of those first fall rains. Mmmmmm.... I love mushrooms.
I didn't realize that. I botanize herbaceous plants a bit (and that without forage focus), but fungi and grasses are too complicated for my simple mind. Other than morels, I let someone else who's expert handle fungus ID, I just eat 'em. Good to know, thanks!2 -
The salad greens are doing pretty well out in the garden.
Some of these lettuces, mustard greens, and radishes are going to find their way into my belly today.
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We've taken the stock out of the freezer to make dried porcini risotto augmented with sauteed chestnut mushroom stems for texture. Later in the week we will stuff caps with any leftover mushroom risotto and bake topped with cheese as a starter. Our regular program for handling mushrooms and their leftovers.2
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Didn't know whether to add this here or in the volume thread - bottomless pit of hunger this week so getting back to those big plates... lotus root with onions and peppers in a mix of prik king and yellow curry pastes, added some coconut aminos, agave and coconut powder. Rice is about half a cup of brown rice and a whole bunch of cauli.
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Made a great chili today. Based on a combination of spices plus a recipe I got from my favorite local spice shop (which is closed but for mail order currently). It involved red peppers, onions, tomatoes, tomato paste, and various spices. I added cauliflower, hot sauce (that was optional), and then ate it on pasta for a loose take on Cincinnati chili. Delicious. May play around with the leftovers (everything but the pasta).5
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I want to give radishes another try as my "new" vegetable or fruit for June. I hated them as a kid but there are a number of things I hate as a child that I like now. However, I have no idea what to do with them! Any recipe or prep suggestions?0
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I want to give radishes another try as my "new" vegetable or fruit for June. I hated them as a kid but there are a number of things I hate as a child that I like now. However, I have no idea what to do with them! Any recipe or prep suggestions?
They are delicious if you cook them in the air fryer or pan fry on the stove. I eat them like that plain and add them to salads. They lose their bitter taste and are similar to potato taste. I love them.3 -
I want to give radishes another try as my "new" vegetable or fruit for June. I hated them as a kid but there are a number of things I hate as a child that I like now. However, I have no idea what to do with them! Any recipe or prep suggestions?
Look for watermelon radishes. Peel off the skin; that's where the bitter/strong favor is. Slice thin and add to a veggie tray or put in a salad.3 -
I'm not sure this is true. I was raised on super bland food. Mom was a pretty crappy cook. My gran wasn't a great cook and many horrific church potlucks behind me...but when I was 19, I was introduced to Ethiopian and loved it. Now, as far as I'm concerned, it's not hot if I'm not crying. Thai, Korean, Vietnamese, Indian...the hotter the better. I order vindaloo extra spicy and (well, before covid) the staff would peek around the corners asking eachother if I was eating it. kinda hilarious.lbgardener wrote: »Why is it, otherwise, that children raised in a family that uses hot peppers a lot can handle heat a lot quicker than someone of my anglo-saxon heritage?
I add cinnamon to stuff and my husbands fam complains about hot. Kitten, please!
Everyone here is making me hungry for veg! Loves them all!! Well, except radish...
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I want to give radishes another try as my "new" vegetable or fruit for June. I hated them as a kid but there are a number of things I hate as a child that I like now. However, I have no idea what to do with them! Any recipe or prep suggestions?
Also good in slaw-type salads: Their slightly spicy flavor adds an interesting twist. There are many recipes online, and I improvise rather than use recipes anyway. Grated, raw as a sandwich or pasta add-in, is also an option (sliced ones in sandwiches work, but more likely to slip out IME
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Keep in mind that the greens are also edible. Given the texture, they're not IMO raw salad material unless very small/young, but are good in most any cooked-green kind of way. There are pesto recipes, too, but I haven't tried that.3
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