Reviews, Recipes, and Random Slices of Life

I had some trouble trying to get a good picture using flash. Click through to see what's what. Contents: Garlic, Yellow Onion, Carrots, Cheddar cauliflower, Broccoli, Tomatoes, Peppers (Red Roasters, Mini Sweet, Senorita), Head Lettuce, Delicata squash, Bok choi, Spinach, Tomatillo Salsa Pack (contents: onion, tomatillos, and [ick!] cilantro). This is about when I realized I was going to have to figure out how to cook large amounts of squash.




When I said that the leaf lettuce was shaped like a hat, well, Gaea took that and ran with it!


Better (?) pictures of the vegetables.

Tomatillo salsa - Followed Harmony Valley Farms recipe, minus cilantro and with a couple of extra jalapenos. So delicious. From the CSA: tomatillos, onion, garlic, jalapenos.

Chicken and Broccoli Pasta Dijon - Not horrible (thankfully, considering the amount it made) but not very good. From the CSA: broccoli.

BLTs - A standard Sunday-post-party breakfast/lunch. From the CSA: tomatoes, lettuce.

Winter Squash - Cooking winter squash: Heat oven to 400 degrees. Stab squash repeatedly. Place in oven for 10-15 min. Remove and let cool slightly. Peel, seed, and chop. Place in cooking dish with some broth and season with pepper and thyme. Bake for 50 minutes or longer. Might work better if covered to bake and/or stirred around partway through. Also worth noting is that most winter squash can be substituted in any recipe calling for sweet potatoes. I served this with salad and German country-style sausage. Yum.

Indian curried cauliflower with peas and potatoes - Instead of curry paste, used 1 Tbsp. curry powder + 1 tsp garam masala + 1 Tbsp butter. Good. Wouldn't really need to be served on rice--could be served alone. From the CSA: cauliflower.

And I froze the peppers for later use.