Beans Carrots Cucumbers Dill Potatoes, Huckleberry Sweet corn! Sweet onion Swiss chard Summer Squash I suppose I should start with the good news this week: I finally got some broccoli jokes! They were off of the internet and pretty terrible, but they came in via the Zettler family from our Chaska delivery site. So the … Continue reading Week 7, 2010
Swiss Chard Quiche
from The Angel Valley Organic Farm website Ingredients 1 bunch chard or beet greens 1 bunch scallions or one or two of the sweet onions (use the "greens" and all!) garlic (however much suits your fancy) 1-1/2 cups milk or half & half 3 eggs 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese salt & pepper, to taste 9-inch … Continue reading Swiss Chard Quiche
Swiss Green Beans
Adapted from The Enchanted Broccoli Forest Ingredients 1 lb. fresh, whole beans, cleaned and destrung for the dressing: 3 TB fresh lemon juice 2 larges cloves garlic 1/3 c. olive oil 1 TB red wine vinegar ½ tsp. crushed tarragon ½ tsp dried dill weed ½ tsp. salt black pepper to taste 2 tsp dark … Continue reading Swiss Green Beans
Week 6, 2010
Lettuce, "New Red Fire" Beans Gold Beets Cucumbers Cabbage or Bok Choy Carrots Cilantro Potatoes, Nicola Scallions Summer Squash While the summer is still young and we’ll have no shortage of weeds and work ahead of us on the farm this year, we are already nearing the turning point of the summer. All of our … Continue reading Week 6, 2010
Sautéed Beets with Mustard Seeds and Lemon Juice
From 5 spices, 50 Dishes by Ruta Kahate Ingredients 1 pound beets (4 medium or 8 baby, any color) 1 ½ T canola oil ½ t mustard seeds (dark or light) 1 small green Serrano chili (cut in half the long way and sliced into half moons with some/most seeds removed) ¼ t salt ½ … Continue reading Sautéed Beets with Mustard Seeds and Lemon Juice
Russian Beet Salad
Adapted from The Enchanted Broccoli Forest Ingredients 4 beets ¼ c. apple cider vinegar 1 garlic clove, crushed 1 tsp. honey 6 scallions, including greens, minced ½ medium cucumber, seeded and finely chopped 1 hardboiled egg, chopped 1 TB fresh dill, minced, or 1 tsp. dried dill 1 c. mixed sour cream and yogurt salt … Continue reading Russian Beet Salad
Week 5, 2010
Lettuce, "New Red Fire" Beans Radishes Cauliflower Cabbage or Bok choy Carrots Basil Potatoes, Red Norland Scallions Summer Squash Cucumbers Shell Peas Rummaging through the garage earlier this week in search of pepper cages, I came across an odd discovery: a hammock. I remember resting on just such a hammock in the past, whiling away … Continue reading Week 5, 2010
Humble Vegetable Casserole
From The Enchanted Broccoli Forest Ingredients 2 TB butter ½ c. sliced onion or scallions ½ lb. sliced mushrooms 1 large stalk of broccoli, cauliflower, or bok choy 2 medium-sized potatoes, thinly sliced ¾ tsp salt black pepper to taste ½ tsp dill weed 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped ½ c. chopped sweet pickle 1 ½ … Continue reading Humble Vegetable Casserole
New Potato Salad with Scallions
From The Star Tribune, 17 June 2010 Ingredients 2 lb. new potatoes 2 tsp salt ½ c. olive oil 2 TB cider or wine vinegar 2 or 3 garlic cloves, crushed 2 TB Dijon mustard Black pepper to taste 2 c. chopped scallions 2 TB fresh dill or parsley Salad mix Directions Rinse and scrub … Continue reading New Potato Salad with Scallions
Sauteed Kohlrabi
From Asparagus to Zucchini, 3rd ed. Ingredients 2 kohlrabi, skin still attached 4 TB butter or oil 1 medium onion, diced, --or—4 scallions, chopped 1 TB fresh herbs (thyme, chives, sage, dill) 1 tsp salt Directions Grate kohlrabi, place in colander, and sprinkle with salt. Let stand 30 minutes to drain. Heat butter over medium … Continue reading Sauteed Kohlrabi
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