Eating and living locally . . . mindfully . . . simply.
So I was standing in line at CSA pickup tonight STARVING. For breakfast I had a half cup of granola and some raw milk. Lunch was a leftover piece of grilled KFC and about half a cup of leftover vegan chili from lunch out the other day. I’ve been eating crappy the past few days as I never did get around to meal planning and have had some late nights at work. Pizza crossed my mind . . .
My husband was so excited that I finally made a dinner that featured meat. I was excited that I was able to use up more of the greens that seem to be multiplying in my refrigerator.
I feel like such a poser. For some reason I’m attracted to vegan and vegetarian cookbooks. And when I wanted to make something to go with the venison steaks DH would be grilling? I Googled “kale with pasta and pine nuts” I ended up at Two Little Vegans.
Adapted from Simply in Season, this dip is super quick to make!
Actually, I have no idea if that’s the title of this recipe or not. My good friend Cindy does cooking demos at our CSA and last week she made several dishes based on this “master mix.” I’m waiting for the recipes to be emailed to us with our next weekly enewsletter, but in the meantime [...]
I know, I’ve teased you with this recipe before. I finally got around to making it. I ended up using kale AND chard, since the one bunch of chard didn’t equal a pound. This is from the fall section of Simply in Season. But kale and chard are great all year round!
This recipe from Simply in Season is simply the best–although I did take some creative license, as you’ll see!
The original recipe from Simply in Season calls for 16 cups of spinach. Unfortunately I don’t get near that much spinach from my CSA. But you know what I do get oodles of? Swiss Chard! So I substituted two bunches of Swiss Chard (one from last week’s pickup, one from this week’s) for this dish.
Simply In Season calls this “Weed Soup” in the recipe notes. It’s a great way to use up CSA leftovers!
This is a recipe from From Asparagus to Zucchini that I found last year when I was searching for a bok choy recipe. Before I realized that you can use glazes like this for any type of green or stir fry or meat. After taking a few classes at my CSA, I realized that a couple of glazes / stir fry sauces / salad dressings in your back pocket can make very efficient (and delicious!) use of most any vegetable that comes your way. This has become one of our favorites.
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