New week and I’ve got a new CSA that I’m cooking from. This share kicks off my summer CSA season and it was full of greens – it actually was ENTIRELY green (see photo at the end of the post). I still had some cherry belle radishes from last week and decided to make a…
SWEET POTATO SALAD WITH BACON AND CHIPOTLE PEPPERS
Summer weekend-friendly recipe for What I Made with My CSA. This is a bit of a kitchen sink salad – sweet potatoes base, throw in some bacon, radishes, why not chipotles? Top with chives and obviously finish it with soft-boiled eggs. The sweetness of the potatoes is a perfect match for smokey bacon and chipotle peppers….
SMOKED BLUEFISH SALAD WITH CHERRY BELLE RADISHES
I didn’t discover radishes until I turned 30 and now I have a bunch in my refrigerator every week. They are great roasted with chicken, on an appetizer board with cheese and sautéed in butter. For my 3rd post on What I Made with My CSA I’m sharing my favorite way to enjoy radishes –…
FRUIT AND SPINACH SMOOTHIE
Here’s my second post for this week’s What I Made with My CSA and it’s proof you don’t need a labor-intense recipe to enjoy seasonal food. Smoothies are great for breakfast especially when you’re short on time and want something cold. And this recipe is an easy way to get raw greens into a meal. My…
TUSCAN KALE WITH GREEN GARLIC AND ROSÉ
Kicking off my first week of What I Made with My CSA with a simple recipe for my favorite way to cook greens – with wine! I’m using two of my CSA goodies – kale and green garlic. Tuscan kale, also called lacinato, black or even dinosaur kale, is a flat variety of the green…
ONION SOUP
With fewer ingredients than the classic French Onion Soup, this simplified version gets flavor from white wine and chicken stock. Not that the traditional inclusion of veal stock, cognac and brandy isn’t great, I just tend to not have those ingredients on hand. Plus, have you ever made beef or veal stock? In an apartment?…
SUMAC CHICKEN DRUMSTICKS WITH HERBED FINGERLING POTATOES
I love chicken drumsticks because they don’t dry out, no matter how you cook them. And with a yogurt marinade they stay extra-juicy. I season the drumsticks with Local Roots’ Sumac-In Me Crazy, a blend of cumin, chili powder and sumac, which lends a bright and slightly spicy taste to the chicken. I’ve included cooking…
PEA, RADISH AND TOASTED PECAN SALAD WITH BURRATA AND SPECK
I like salads that go on platters rather than bowls. This salad does look a bit like an appetizer at first glance, maybe that’s why I enjoy it so much! I love to put ingredients together on a plate and pick at them, whether it’s a lunch salad, an early evening appetizer or a side…
ORECCHIETTE WITH SAUSAGE AND CABBAGE
This is total winter comfort food. I love to make slaws with fresh cabbage during the summer but am never quite sure what to do with it in the winter. With a little sausage and some pasta, the sautéed cabbage and shallots round out this perfect cold-weather meal. Orecchiette with Sausage and Cabbage serves 4…
SHAVED CARROT AND DAIKON SALAD
When winter hits it’s easy to fall into a repetitive cooking cycle. I generally roast plenty of root vegetables for dinner side dishes and salads, then mix it up by occasionally puréeing those veggies for soup. This week I wanted something different, food that felt like summer but still incorporated my seasonal winter vegetables. My Local…