Keepin' it Simple (can you tell i like doing that?)

whole wheat pasta with squash and tomatoes

mad a mess of lentils one night, threw them together with some roasted beets, lettuce, and a mustard, shallot, and sherry vinegar dressing

and THEN, i threw the remaining lentils together with some Dines farm bacon, and whipped that into another his and hers salad.

hers: yummy, bacony lentils, carrots, green peppers, lettuce, and shallots.

his: sauteed seitan, green peppers, carrots, and shallots.

Act VIII - Kicking Breakfast Up a Notch

It had been a while since I actually tried to make a nice breakfast. Thankfully, I had some mustard greens that were starting to wilt and thus, motivation to get off my ass on a Sunday morning and make some frittatas (i have no idea what the plural of frittata is). 

His: mustard greens, caramelized spring onions, Dines Farm eggs, and a generous dousing of piri-piri. 

Hers: all that minus the piri-piri, plus Dines Farm bacon.

07-21-2009

WEEK EIGHT:

lettuce, spring onions, green beans, spring squash, mustard greens, fava beans, snow peas

lettuce

mustard greens

squash

onions

peas in a bag!

favas

beans

fruit share: two raspberries, one currants!!!

up close raspberries

currants

single stem

roasted summer squash with red chili pepper flakes and garlic

fava and string bean salad with chopped spanish almonds and cassis vinagrette

red currant (and a FEW raspberries) tart with a shortbread crust--the recipe is from here. I cooked it about 10 minutes longer than it said to.

up close!

risotto with spring onions, fava beans and shrimp, made with Bozzelygo with guidance from Mr. B

lettuce and peas, dressed by Bozzelygo

mystery bean soup with mustard greens, spring onions and carrots

At the Pickup Spot:

This is our CSA pickup location, Christ Church:

you sign by your name in the entryway:


inside:


Jay (of Dines Farms) sells his wares outside the church--here he is with a fan!

Act VII - Taking it Nice and Easy

A lazy day for me and mine, and not too hungry either.  We whipped up this light dinner: garlicky fava bean spread, caramelized onions, some weird cheese with honey and fig, olives, and crusty bread.

07-14-2009

Big pictures it is!

WEEK SEVEN:


Snap peas, golden and red beets, radicchio, fava beans, fennel, boston lettuce



boston lettuce


fennel

beets

up close!

closer!


radicchio

peas



fava bean in the shell? pod? what DO you call it?


fruit share: 3 pints of raspberries--bet you a dollar we eat them as is.


roasted fennel and beet salad

up close!


fava bean, sauteed beet greens, garlic chips on spaghetti with fried bread crumbs and creme fraiche (the beet greens are really bitter--a squeeze of lemon helps)


butter-poached lentils with wilted radicchio and a splash of rice vinager


beets, fennel and a bulb of garlic


fava beans, peas and lettuce salad


carmelized radicchio and beet greens--no more bitter!!


Dines Farm's pork chops on a bed of charred fennel (I didn't eat this because it kind of felt like burned hair in my mouth, but it gave the meat good flavor)