Cooking seasonally and eating well in the Hudson Valley.
From the monthly archives:
Now we’re really in the heat of things, farm wise. This week:
4 heads of broccoli
2 bunches of spring turnips
2 bunches of baby bok choy
2 heads of lettuce
2/3 lb. of snap peas
I opted to swap out my lettuce for extra turnips and bok choy, since I’ve had a hard time using up my lettuce, and have [...]
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With my children finishing school this week, and my daughter participating in her first ballet recital, it’s been a less-than-optimal week for cooking. Maybe that’s why I decided I had to cook this Friday, and had to cook as entirely local a meal as I could muster. I had short ribs in the freezer from [...]
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Yesterday’s haul wasn’t quite as mind-bending as last week’s, but maybe that’s because there were no strawberries. Even so, a week of excellent meals await:
2 gorgeous heads of leaf lettuce
2 giant bundles of collard greens
2 more bunches of those sweet, succulent spring turnips
a pound of glossy, toothsome spinach
2/3 of a pound each of crisp snap [...]
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Dark greens, mostly meant for cooking, are maybe my favorite vegetables of all. Kale, arugula, and chard are the top of my personal hit parade, but I love turnip and beet greens, too. Having reaped a ridiculous bounty of all of these this week, I’ve had to figure out how to use them up.
Salad, of [...]
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This week’s haul from the CSA (the first week!) was incredible, but not surprising given the perfect weather we’ve had for the last month. I brought home:
1 pound each of arugula, spinach and salad greens
2 bunches each of kale, broccoli rabe and spring turnips
2 pints of amazing strawberries
Not bad for the last week of May. [...]
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It’s back.
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