community potluck: what to bring?

kayemme
kayemme Posts: 1,782 Member
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tonight the community garden is having a potluck. I am not sure what to make, so I thought some of you might be able to give ideas with what I have.

at our potlucks, we try to make dishes that primarily consist of something grown at the garden (at least that's how i look at it... ) and vegetarian.

I have on hand:

snap & sugar peas
garlic & garlic scapes
red onion
swiss chard
beets
kale
radishes
carrots

green onion
cilantro
rosemary

quinoa
couscous


of course, i have all the spices and seasonings. the only thing i can think of making is my ginger/soy snap pea salad, but i've brought that many other times. i'd like to make something with the beets because i have a lot of them, but i really don't know what!

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  • adfabus
    adfabus Posts: 178 Member
    How about a cold coucous sald with red onion and sugar snap peas? That sounds yummy!!
  • kayemme
    kayemme Posts: 1,782 Member
    i could do that, but it's so similar to what i always bring... i may revert to it.
  • darzinger
    darzinger Posts: 9
    I realize it's a bit too late for this, but you could always do a vegetable roast next time. I like bringing veggie roasts to group events, because it's a nice hearty dish.

    The red onion, beets, and carrots would all be lovely roasted, and you could always supplement with some potatoes/sweet potatoes/squash/eggplant/yams/tomatoes/anything that stands up well to heat really/etc. A bit of olive oil, some balsamic vinegar and maybe a little salt, and you're set!
  • darzinger
    darzinger Posts: 9
    Or roasted vegetable couscous, even!
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    i wonder if there's a way to shape most of that together into some kind of veggie patty? the quinoawill definitely help it stick but you might need to use some eggs.
  • kayemme
    kayemme Posts: 1,782 Member
    i wonder if there's a way to shape most of that together into some kind of veggie patty? the quinoawill definitely help it stick but you might need to use some eggs.

    the vegetable patty isn't a bad idea; in fact, I thought about doing that after I juice the beets & carrots and use the pulp as fiber filler for black bean burgers, but that's maybe for a regular dinner for just us.. i don't know if i would go through that much effort for a potluck! hahaha
    The red onion, beets, and carrots would all be lovely roasted, and you could always supplement with some potatoes/sweet potatoes/squash/eggplant/yams/tomatoes/anything that stands up well to heat really/etc. A bit of olive oil, some balsamic vinegar and maybe a little salt, and you're set!

    I do love this.. we often have this in the fall when the nights are cool enough to turn the oven on. I ended up making the ginger soy garlic snap peas, but then didn't go to the potluck because of a thunder & lightning storm and so now I'm stuck with the pea salad that I didn't really want. hahah! it's good, I just wasn't in the mood for it.

    I'll end up having it for lunch tomorrow, probably. I'm kind of sick of peas right now, you know? still a ton on the vines and we've picked *so* many. i may have to blanch and freeze some.

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