Guest guest Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 I joined a CSA for the fall. For those of you who aren't familiar with the term a CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. Basically how it works is you pay up front for a season of fresh veggies from a local farm that are provided weekly. I found one that was both organic, and who's weekly bounty was delivered right to my house! It has been exciting and challenging because it's forcing me to use veggies I wouldn't normally buy, and it's helping me out of a veggie rut! The first week had two veggies I don't normally buy: fennel and radishes. I scoured the web and found a recipe for a fennel radish and grapefruit salad. Success! It also included eggplant, which I do buy, but not the type they gave me which were very small and long. So I cut them into chunks, along with some greenbeans and cooked them in a coconut curry sauce (way easy to do, 1 can coconut milk, garam masala, curry powder, ginger, cumin). The second week brought a ton of bell peppers. Now I normally do buy them, but like one at a time, and it takes me a whole week to go through it LOL. These were just beautiful, not a single pepper was uniform in color, and many of them were short and squat, in a very pumpkiny shape! I made stuffed peppers with those. This is the third week, I'm getting a delivery today, and it looks like the only veggie I don't normally buy is another delivery of fennel, I think I will chop the bulb, toss it in olive oil and roast it in the oven. I do have a head of red cabbage from last week sitting in my fridge, I'm not sure what to do with a whole head of red cabbage! Anyone have any suggestions? Heather There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. --Albert Einstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Heather, My dad makes a really great cabbage soup. I don't know the recipe but I'm sure you could google and find some options. His is a Russian recipe. Cabbage is supposed to be really good for you, it has a lot of anti-cancer ingredients I have heard. The only other cabbage dish I can think of is something like sauer kraut. Christina ________________________________ Heather Butler <hawaiihmb Wed, November 18, 2009 8:03:54 AM veggies galore  I joined a CSA for the fall. For those of you who aren't familiar with the term a CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. Basically how it works is you pay up front for a season of fresh veggies from a local farm that are provided weekly. I found one that was both organic, and who's weekly bounty was delivered right to my house! It has been exciting and challenging because it's forcing me to use veggies I wouldn't normally buy, and it's helping me out of a veggie rut! The first week had two veggies I don't normally buy: fennel and radishes. I scoured the web and found a recipe for a fennel radish and grapefruit salad. Success! It also included eggplant, which I do buy, but not the type they gave me which were very small and long. So I cut them into chunks, along with some greenbeans and cooked them in a coconut curry sauce (way easy to do, 1 can coconut milk, garam masala, curry powder, ginger, cumin). The second week brought a ton of bell peppers. Now I normally do buy them, but like one at a time, and it takes me a whole week to go through it LOL. These were just beautiful, not a single pepper was uniform in color, and many of them were short and squat, in a very pumpkiny shape! I made stuffed peppers with those. This is the third week, I'm getting a delivery today, and it looks like the only veggie I don't normally buy is another delivery of fennel, I think I will chop the bulb, toss it in olive oil and roast it in the oven. I do have a head of red cabbage from last week sitting in my fridge, I'm not sure what to do with a whole head of red cabbage! Anyone have any suggestions? Heather There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. --Albert Einstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Thanks Christina, I'll give google a whirl and find out more! Heather There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. --Albert Einstein ________________________________ Christina L <chrissybits Thu, November 19, 2009 7:07:37 AM Re: veggies galore Heather, My dad makes a really great cabbage soup. I don't know the recipe but I'm sure you could google and find some options. His is a Russian recipe. Cabbage is supposed to be really good for you, it has a lot of anti-cancer ingredients I have heard. The only other cabbage dish I can think of is something like sauer kraut. Christina ____________ _________ _________ __ Heather Butler <hawaiihmb > Wed, November 18, 2009 8:03:54 AM veggies galore I joined a CSA for the fall. For those of you who aren't familiar with the term a CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. Basically how it works is you pay up front for a season of fresh veggies from a local farm that are provided weekly. I found one that was both organic, and who's weekly bounty was delivered right to my house! It has been exciting and challenging because it's forcing me to use veggies I wouldn't normally buy, and it's helping me out of a veggie rut! The first week had two veggies I don't normally buy: fennel and radishes. I scoured the web and found a recipe for a fennel radish and grapefruit salad. Success! It also included eggplant, which I do buy, but not the type they gave me which were very small and long. So I cut them into chunks, along with some greenbeans and cooked them in a coconut curry sauce (way easy to do, 1 can coconut milk, garam masala, curry powder, ginger, cumin). The second week brought a ton of bell peppers. Now I normally do buy them, but like one at a time, and it takes me a whole week to go through it LOL. These were just beautiful, not a single pepper was uniform in color, and many of them were short and squat, in a very pumpkiny shape! I made stuffed peppers with those. This is the third week, I'm getting a delivery today, and it looks like the only veggie I don't normally buy is another delivery of fennel, I think I will chop the bulb, toss it in olive oil and roast it in the oven. I do have a head of red cabbage from last week sitting in my fridge, I'm not sure what to do with a whole head of red cabbage! Anyone have any suggestions? Heather There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. --Albert Einstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Oops, I meant cole slaw not sauerkraut, but I guess you could do that too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Heather, your CSA experience sounds so fun and adventurous: a children's book waiting to be written? A blog? Anyway, back to cabbage. My mother and I had a cabbage dish at an Indian restaurant. It was a lunch special deal and it " came with. " We were not too thrilled. Can't say I've ever been a huge cabbage fan. Sorry, cabbage! BUT all that changed after one taste of the Indian cabbage. It was very plain and simply prepared, in not much sauce, more of a drier dish. I've been meaning to find out what this was and find out how to make it ever since! Cabbage inspiration for Heather's CSA? Last night I made split pea soup and I followed a recipe by Heidi Swanson as it looked so very simple, with just a few ingredients. I vowed to myself I would not turn it into an Indian dish. By the end of it, I gave in and added cumin, tumeric and the rest of my favorite spices. It tasted a lot better to me that way, but I was laughing at myself. Maybe what Kathleen said about BE raisers in New Mexican chili can also be said of spices from India? Love, light and spices to you all! Janine On Nov 19, 2009, at 6:13 AM, Heather Butler wrote: > Thanks Christina, I'll give google a whirl and find out more! > Heather > > There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a > miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. > --Albert Einstein > > ________________________________ > Christina L <chrissybits > > Thu, November 19, 2009 7:07:37 AM > Re: veggies galore > > Heather, > > My dad makes a really great cabbage soup. I don't know the recipe > but I'm sure you could google and find some options. His is a > Russian recipe. Cabbage is supposed to be really good for you, it > has a lot of anti-cancer ingredients I have heard. The only other > cabbage dish I can think of is something like sauer kraut. > > Christina > > ____________ _________ _________ __ > Heather Butler <hawaiihmb > > > Wed, November 18, 2009 8:03:54 AM > veggies galore > > I joined a CSA for the fall. For those of you who aren't familiar > with the term a CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. > Basically how it works is you pay up front for a season of fresh > veggies from a local farm that are provided weekly. I found one that > was both organic, and who's weekly bounty was delivered right to my > house! It has been exciting and challenging because it's forcing me > to use veggies I wouldn't normally buy, and it's helping me out of a > veggie rut! > > The first week had two veggies I don't normally buy: fennel and > radishes. I scoured the web and found a recipe for a fennel radish > and grapefruit salad. Success! It also included eggplant, which I do > buy, but not the type they gave me which were very small and long. > So I cut them into chunks, along with some greenbeans and cooked > them in a coconut curry sauce (way easy to do, 1 can coconut milk, > garam masala, curry powder, ginger, cumin). > > The second week brought a ton of bell peppers. Now I normally do buy > them, but like one at a time, and it takes me a whole week to go > through it LOL. These were just beautiful, not a single pepper was > uniform in color, and many of them were short and squat, in a very > pumpkiny shape! I made stuffed peppers with those. > > This is the third week, I'm getting a delivery today, and it looks > like the only veggie I don't normally buy is another delivery of > fennel, I think I will chop the bulb, toss it in olive oil and roast > it in the oven. > > I do have a head of red cabbage from last week sitting in my fridge, > I'm not sure what to do with a whole head of red cabbage! Anyone > have any suggestions? > > Heather > > There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a > miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. > --Albert Einstein > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Oh my, did you end up eating all 5 heads of cabbage? Thanks for the braising idea, I'm thinking my crockpot is going to be pulledo ut for this one. Heather There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. --Albert Einstein ________________________________ mel8239 <shaggypoo.chaos Thu, November 19, 2009 9:13:12 AM Re: veggies galore Heather You can braise red cabbage. It's usually done with raisins or currants, but you can make a delicious dish with a little stock & butter, an onion, a bramle apple, ground allspice & grated nutmeg. Cook slowly for an hour in the oven or use that crockpot. I participated in one of those schemes once & never got any fennel! One week I got 5 cabbages though. Mel , Heather Butler <hawaiihmb@. ..> wrote: > > I joined a CSA for the fall. For those of you who aren't familiar with the term a CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. Basically how it works is you pay up front for a season of fresh veggies from a local farm that are provided weekly. I found one that was both organic, and who's weekly bounty was delivered right to my house! It has been exciting and challenging because it's forcing me to use veggies I wouldn't normally buy, and it's helping me out of a veggie rut! > > The first week had two veggies I don't normally buy: fennel and radishes. I scoured the web and found a recipe for a fennel radish and grapefruit salad. Success! It also included eggplant, which I do buy, but not the type they gave me which were very small and long. So I cut them into chunks, along with some greenbeans and cooked them in a coconut curry sauce (way easy to do, 1 can coconut milk, garam masala, curry powder, ginger, cumin). > > The second week brought a ton of bell peppers. Now I normally do buy them, but like one at a time, and it takes me a whole week to go through it LOL. These were just beautiful, not a single pepper was uniform in color, and many of them were short and squat, in a very pumpkiny shape! I made stuffed peppers with those. > > This is the third week, I'm getting a delivery today, and it looks like the only veggie I don't normally buy is another delivery of fennel, I think I will chop the bulb, toss it in olive oil and roast it in the oven. > > I do have a head of red cabbage from last week sitting in my fridge, I'm not sure what to do with a whole head of red cabbage! Anyone have any suggestions? > > Heather > > There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. > --Albert Einstein > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 Of course!! [it took some doing though] Mel [ & Chaos rabbit] , Heather Butler <hawaiihmb wrote: > > Oh my, did you end up eating all 5 heads of cabbage? > > Thanks for the braising idea, I'm thinking my crockpot is going to be pulledo ut for this one. > Heather > > There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. > --Albert Einstein > > > > > ________________________________ > mel8239 <shaggypoo.chaos > > Thu, November 19, 2009 9:13:12 AM > Re: veggies galore > > > Heather > > You can braise red cabbage. It's usually done with raisins or currants, but you can make a delicious dish with a little stock & butter, an onion, a bramle apple, ground allspice & grated nutmeg. > > Cook slowly for an hour in the oven or use that crockpot. > > I participated in one of those schemes once & never got any fennel! One week I got 5 cabbages though. > > Mel > , Heather Butler <hawaiihmb@ ..> wrote: > > > > I joined a CSA for the fall. For those of you who aren't familiar with the term a CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. Basically how it works is you pay up front for a season of fresh veggies from a local farm that are provided weekly. I found one that was both organic, and who's weekly bounty was delivered right to my house! It has been exciting and challenging because it's forcing me to use veggies I wouldn't normally buy, and it's helping me out of a veggie rut! > > > > The first week had two veggies I don't normally buy: fennel and radishes. I scoured the web and found a recipe for a fennel radish and grapefruit salad. Success! It also included eggplant, which I do buy, but not the type they gave me which were very small and long. So I cut them into chunks, along with some greenbeans and cooked them in a coconut curry sauce (way easy to do, 1 can coconut milk, garam masala, curry powder, ginger, cumin). > > > > The second week brought a ton of bell peppers. Now I normally do buy them, but like one at a time, and it takes me a whole week to go through it LOL. These were just beautiful, not a single pepper was uniform in color, and many of them were short and squat, in a very pumpkiny shape! I made stuffed peppers with those. > > > > This is the third week, I'm getting a delivery today, and it looks like the only veggie I don't normally buy is another delivery of fennel, I think I will chop the bulb, toss it in olive oil and roast it in the oven. > > > > I do have a head of red cabbage from last week sitting in my fridge, I'm not sure what to do with a whole head of red cabbage! Anyone have any suggestions? > > > > Heather > > > > There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. > > --Albert Einstein > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 Well I am impressed . Right now I have a huge head of green cabbage. I have never seen a cabbage this big in my entire life, it's twice the size of my head. I am planning on doing some stuffed cabbage leaves with rice, lentils, soy beef and mushrooms... but I imagine I will have some leftover and will have to get creative. Heather There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. --Albert Einstein ________________________________ mel8239 <shaggypoo.chaos Fri, November 20, 2009 4:20:33 PM Re: veggies galore Of course!! [it took some doing though] Mel [ & Chaos rabbit] , Heather Butler <hawaiihmb@. ..> wrote: > > Oh my, did you end up eating all 5 heads of cabbage? > > Thanks for the braising idea, I'm thinking my crockpot is going to be pulledo ut for this one. > Heather > > There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. > --Albert Einstein > > > > > ____________ _________ _________ __ > mel8239 <shaggypoo.chaos@ ...> > > Thu, November 19, 2009 9:13:12 AM > Re: veggies galore > > > Heather > > You can braise red cabbage. It's usually done with raisins or currants, but you can make a delicious dish with a little stock & butter, an onion, a bramle apple, ground allspice & grated nutmeg. > > Cook slowly for an hour in the oven or use that crockpot. > > I participated in one of those schemes once & never got any fennel! One week I got 5 cabbages though. > > Mel > , Heather Butler <hawaiihmb@ ..> wrote: > > > > I joined a CSA for the fall. For those of you who aren't familiar with the term a CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. Basically how it works is you pay up front for a season of fresh veggies from a local farm that are provided weekly. I found one that was both organic, and who's weekly bounty was delivered right to my house! It has been exciting and challenging because it's forcing me to use veggies I wouldn't normally buy, and it's helping me out of a veggie rut! > > > > The first week had two veggies I don't normally buy: fennel and radishes. I scoured the web and found a recipe for a fennel radish and grapefruit salad. Success! It also included eggplant, which I do buy, but not the type they gave me which were very small and long. So I cut them into chunks, along with some greenbeans and cooked them in a coconut curry sauce (way easy to do, 1 can coconut milk, garam masala, curry powder, ginger, cumin). > > > > The second week brought a ton of bell peppers. Now I normally do buy them, but like one at a time, and it takes me a whole week to go through it LOL. These were just beautiful, not a single pepper was uniform in color, and many of them were short and squat, in a very pumpkiny shape! I made stuffed peppers with those. > > > > This is the third week, I'm getting a delivery today, and it looks like the only veggie I don't normally buy is another delivery of fennel, I think I will chop the bulb, toss it in olive oil and roast it in the oven. > > > > I do have a head of red cabbage from last week sitting in my fridge, I'm not sure what to do with a whole head of red cabbage! Anyone have any suggestions? > > > > Heather > > > > There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. > > --Albert Einstein > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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