Pesto

Made a ton of pesto this weekend!  I'm the only pesto fan in the house so I froze it in ice cube trays so that I can pull out what I need from the freezer.  The only down side to freezing more stuff is that I really need to clean out our freezer so we can find everything - our newest attempt to keep the freezer organized is a whiteboard stuck to the door but first I have to figure out what's in there...

Basic Pesto

2 cups basil leaves, loosely packed
1/2 tsp. chopped garlic
1/2 cup of olive oil
2 T. pine nuts, toasted
pinch of salt
1/2 cup parmesan or Romano cheese

Mix garlic, half the oil, pine nuts, salt and basil in the food processor and process until well mixed.  Add the cheese and additional oil then process to get to the desired consistency.

Kohlrabi & Turnips

For the family cookout this weekend, we tried this recipe with the kohlrabi and turnips we still had from Week 5 and some parsley, onions, and carrots from this week.

http://www.chow.com/recipes/11695-mock-potato-salad

Changes I made
- Added a few turnips as we were a little short on the kohlrabi
- Used carrots instead of celery because we didn't have any but I think the celery would have been better.
- Mixed in some green onion along with the red onion.

It tasted pretty good but next time, I'll be sure to have celery on hand :)

Week #6 - June 30

This week's share

Carrots

Scarlet Turnips

Green Onions

Collards

Chard

Lettuce

Parsley

Basil

Grilled Beets and Turnips

Last night, Mike grilled beets and onions for part of our dinner.  The beets are definitely a taste that has to grow on you, but I really liked the turnips.  These probably won't be on the list of favorites for any of the girls and they sufficiently smothered them in ketchup to eat their required tasting of them!

Beets and/or turnips
Olive oil
onion & garlic seasoning
salt

Slice the beets and turnips thin with the food processor and toss with olive oil and seasonings.  Cook on grill until tender.  Add additional salt to taste.

Sweet Restaurant Slaw

I did use some of our cabbage, carrots, and green onions to make some slaw last week from the recipe below.  I cut back to about 1/3 cup of sugar like many of the reviewers suggested.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/sweet-restaurant-slaw/detail.aspx

I'm not a big vinegar fan so I look for recipes without much but I wasn't crazy about this version either.  My aunt Mary Carolyn has the magic touch and makes the best slaw.  Maybe I just need to go watch her make it!

Week 5 - June 23, 2011

With everyone out of the house except me last week, there wasn't a lot of cooking going on then when they got back, we all went to Pennsylvania for the weekend.  Here are the goodies from the last share.

Kohlrabi

Carrots

Beets

Green Onions

Red Russian Kale

Lettuce

Basil

Savory

Fennel

Chives

Week #4 - June 16

Some new things for the season in this week's share!

Turnips
Chinese cabbage
Beets
Green onions
Lacinato kale
Lettuce

I need to find some things that keep well as leftovers or ways to freeze them since it's jut me around he house for a big part of the week.