For the love of Produce...
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ridiculous59 wrote: »I'd forgotten about this thread and so glad I found it again 🙂 Since COVID started in March I've been buying a box-a-week of veggies fairly regularly.
One upside is that I often get unfamiliar items in my order and it forces me to try different foods. Instead of googling recipes on the internet, I thought you veggie-smart people might help me out this week. My box included napa cabbage and a delicata squash and I've never cooked with either before. Any suggestions on how to use them in a yummy way?
Delicata is super easy to cook SO many ways. It's kine of in between a summer and a winter squash. Either cut it in half lengthwise, scoop out the seeds (wash and roast) and bake upside down (after adding your favorite seasonings) or make rings and maybe even fill the centers with rice and something fun like cranberries. Super easy and tasty. The skin is thin enough to eat if you like, or not.
Napa is great for salads, stir fry, or if you're adventurous, a nice little jar of kimchi.1 -
Salad with rosemary lemon chicken(The rosemary came from one friends garden and the lemon came from another friends lemon tree) cubed apples, Craisins, banana peppers, peanuts, on a huge bed of mixed greens.
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Hooray that pomelo is back in season! Pomelo, nuoc cham, mint, toasted desicated coconut and chopped peanuts.
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Papaya. Usually way too expensive to be a regular purchase for me, but they are in season now and a great price and taste so good. I get 4 servings out of a large one.3
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carakirkey wrote: »Papaya. Usually way too expensive to be a regular purchase for me, but they are in season now and a great price and taste so good. I get 4 servings out of a large one.
Cubed and frozen papaya makes an EXCELLENT addition to smoothies. It makes a creamy, almost milkshake-like texture3 -
Vegetable soup.
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@snowflake954 -yum! I love soup. I know I’m cheating with this, but I had two huge cans of Italian green beans that I purchased right when there were food shortages when the pandemic hit hard. I had to make something so I made a crockpot Italian green bean and potato stew with fresh herbs (thyme, parsley) and topped it with chicken breast and crispy bacon. Very hearty.
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snowflake954 wrote: »Vegetable soup.
@snowflake954 - yum! I love vegetable soup.
Ps - I love the lone artful bean.
@pjg2015 - love your use of the fresh herbs! I really want to work on my herb garden this spring.5 -
I keep making soup too. I started with a big batch that I froze and vacuum sealed some, just because. It's always a variation on mushroom barley miso vegetable soup. Depends what veggies I have in the fridge. I had a lot of chanterelles to use that first batch. Since then it's often just been "grocery store button" mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus). The white ones, the brown ones, and the big ones called portobello mushrooms are all the same species.
For yesterday's batch, as a treat, I pulled out a small package of frozen sauteed chanterelles to add. Always nice. I didn't have any parsnips, so it's just mushrooms, barley, onions, celery, and lots of garlic. And miso, of course. And some dried chile (aleppo and cayenne).
Apologies for the terrible image.
I've got some tempeh in a lemon, garlic, soy, sesame, and olive oil marinade that I'll bake today. Yummers.
I am also going to open up the gallon jar of sauerkraut. It's been just over two weeks, so it should be on the half- to three quarter fermented stage. I'll put at least some in smaller jars in the fridge, and I might let some keep bubbling away. And I'm going to eat a bunch. Maybe I'll start scheming the next ferment which will probably be more of a kimchi.
I've been able to slow down on eating those tasty rolls I've been making from sourdough. But it's so much fun playing with the dough. My neighbors agreed to accept more goodie bags next time I bake, so everyone gets fresh bread. Unlike bagels, this recipe seems to keep fairly well in a plastic zip-seal bag.
I'm surprised I haven't been roasting as many vegetables this winter. I guess it's because I just keep making soup.3 -
Wondering if we are finally feeling the sharp end of Brexit. Making salade Nicoise tonight and sent the hubby to the supermarket downstairs for new potatoes, green beans and tomatoes. A tiny 100g bag of green beans was a pound. There were no potatoes to be found, except in tins. Surprisingly not awful in terms of texture, but no seasoning.6
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I've been on a huge soup kick too. Most recently made a cod chowder, and then chicken and dumplings, and also have been playing around with different broccoli-based soups and a kale, sausage, white bean soup. All have produce too, so fit the thread.3
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I opened up the sauerkraut. It smelled good. I put a quart in the fridge and the rest back in the place it's been fermenting.
It's still crispy, has a nice sour, and not too salty. I was a little surprised the garlic had turned turquoise. I am not used to this. Apparently, the allicin in the garlic reacts with acid, in this case lactic acid from fermentation, and turns blue.
When I take the rest out of the fermentation jar, I might start on some kimchi.
But I think I put just a little to much cayenne in the tempeh.
Tempeh isn't really produce per se. It is made from soybeans, and those come from plants. And I'm dialing in the recipe. But got heavy handed with the 90,000 Scoville unit cayenne. I used Aleppo for flavor, and I wanted more heat. I should have grabbed the 30,000 unit cayenne or the smoked cayenne. Oh well. Maybe it will be AWESOME with some Greek yogurt.
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Vegetable pie.
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Mushrooms, pears, figs in the dehydrator....yum! My kind of eats!5
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I've been making curries this winter. With lentils or peas and lots of veggies.
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Found a bag of limes in the clearance produce spot at the local grocery store and used them to make my limeade recipe! It’s greener in normal life; this glass has a cheeky splash of rum in it8 -
Does anyone do their own sprouts? If so, tips welcome.
Mung bean sprouts are so perishable and I am tired of throwing them away two days after buying them. Hoping that sprouting my own will allow me control quantities for recipes that call for them. I have peas on the counter in a bamboo steamer in a dark corner of the kitchen now. Must remember to buy some mung beans.3
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