CSA challenge, ginger peach currant cobbler

my favorite meal: dessert. let's pretend that the copious amounts of sugar doesn't cancel out the nutritional value of the fruit, shall we. it's just goooood!

i found online [google, will you marry me?] a super duper easy peasy cobbler recipe. 1/2 box of yellow cake mix. 1 stick of butter. shmoosh the two together and then dump onto the sliced up fruit goodness and bake. voila! peach "cobbler".

CSA challenge, it's too dang hot to cook edition

oh summer! you evil wench of a season! you have to go and be so nice outside...why would i want to be inside cooking?! and you have to encourage all the plant life to bear these delicious offerings, begging to be cooked when you know darn well it's too hot to put the over or stove on!!

well then. you know what i have to say to that? pickling and fermenting!! it's too soon to say how this all turned out, but i think it will be a-ok. and in the mean time i'll be reading up on the health benefits of fermented food.

CSA challenge, ratatouille

ratatouille! it's not just a disney movie that i haven't seen because i don't like cartoons [don't judge]! it's also a french provencal dish that makes me feel fancier than dubbing it simply veggie stir fry. bonus points for using many different veggies up at once.

served over a barley & buckwheat mix. there were leftovers for lunch, which is great because this is the kind of meal that is better the next day!

CSA challenge, roasted cabbage

as far as i'm concerned, cabbage has a bad wrap. i think it's their poor reputation that trickled down to it's little euro brother, the brussel sprout, and had them picked on in the veggie playground as well. say what you will about this cultivar, but for the purposes of the CSA challenge, i appreciate it's hearty sensibilities that let me cook it later in the week while i watch the other vegetables do gross things [soft spots, browning, and wilting- oh my!]. thank you cabbage for letting me ignore for a week and still be a delicious side dish.

you too, turnip.

this took such little effort. slice. salt. squeeze a lemon. roast. voila!

did i mention that cabbage also might prevent the growth of cancer cells? yeah for healthy food that tastes good!

CSA challenge, rainbow chard & cuke salad

i've been snapping pics of the produce and culinary creations quite diligently, but posting much less so. catch up time!

rainbow chard and onions!
cucumber salad, lightly dressed.

CSA challenge, sweet pea & corn risotto

CSA challenge continues. this time i'm taking on the bag o' snap peas.


here's an attempt at a sweet pea & corn risotto. it was...eh. sometimes i lose steam whilst combing recipes or wilt from the heat and really just want to eat a bowl of cereal for dinner. i think it was one of those uninspired evenings which led to this lackluster dish. i'll try it again, and be sure to come at it full steam. or at least full A/C pumping.


and then for a snack, i chowed down on these suckers, which i had to google to know what they were [they're goose berries].

challenge CSA

every other saturday our fridge is assaulted with the CSA farm pick up. greens and berries and greens overflow each shelf and pull-out bin. for the first 24 hour hours i'm giddy with excitement as i plot and plan delicious and nutritious meal options made from the local fare.

by the time hour 36 rolls around i begin to realize that the fresh, fresh food is becoming less so and i need to shake a leg if i want to utilize a good 60% of the share. and here, the challenge was made: how can i cook the most amount of the farm pick up before it rots. bonus points for creativity, tastiness, mixing up new recipes, and utilizing all parts of the fruits and veggies [oh radish greens, i will use you!!].

tonight's dinner, zucchini parm with kale sauce

CSA farm share ingredients:

2 zucchini

kale

korean parisian

oh koreatown. thank you for bringing me Paris Baguette. what an odd combo of french-style pastries filled with asian flavors. the X-shaped pastry on the left [not my photo, thanks google] is filled with green bean paste. i agree that sounds like it could be no good and horrible, but i assure you it's quite the opposite.

another reason to love Paris Baguette is that all their employees wear berets and stripes [again, thank you google image search for the photographic proof]. the francophile that i am adores this.

go, eat, & get fat off parisian korean sweets:

Paris Baguette

6 w 32nd st ny ny 10001