Category: Meals for the week

Another weekend away, so we’re a bit late posting the meals for this week. CSA had zucchini, beets, lettuce, cucumbers, peas, onions, fennel, dill, and strawberries.

1. Pork Tenderloin with Apricot-Fennel Ragout
2. Sausages sliced into Crunchy Spring Salad with Dill
3. Grilled Zucchini and Sausage Kabobs
4. Cold Beat Yogurt Soup with Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
5. Beet Green and Mushroom Frittata

We’ll also use up some zucchini and bananas on this Zucchini Banana Bread.

Last week I–an admitted disliker of cauliflower–went out on a bit of a limb and selected a recipe that called for cauliflower: Cauliflower Cuscus with Paprika Shrimp. Not because we had CSA cauliflower and I was trying to figure out what the heck to do with it, but because I was looking for a shrimp dish and it caught my eye. Before I forget, or it gets lost in the long list of delicious recipes that I still need to write up, let me say that we all loved this and if you, like me, are a bit skeptical of cauliflower, give it a try!

OK, this week’s CSA: strawberries (they’ll need eating soon!), cucumber, zucchini, broccoli, lettuce, bok choy, cabbage, peas, dill, onion.

1. Avocado Cucumber Salad with Steak Tacos and White Refried Beans
2. Sausage and Broccoli Calzones
3. Shoyu Cabbage Soup
4. Spaghetti with Peas and Zucchini Ribbons
5. Brussels Sprouts Salad with Apples, Cranberries and Gouda, adding grilled chicken
6. Venezuelan Stuffed Corn Cakes

A bit of a small batch of veggies this wee from the CSA: Lettuce, braising greens, carrots, cabbage, fennel, onions and parsley. Not sure why there’s not much there, but hopefully they pick it up next week.

For Easter breakfast we’ll make Blueberry Cream Cheese Danishes.

1. Chopped salad
2. Braised Greens with Tomatoes and Crock Pot Ham with rolls
3. Carrot, Dill and White Bean Salad with ___________
4. Cauliflower Couscous with Paprika Shrimp
5. Broccoli, Bell Pepper and Chickpea Salad with Feta and Zesty Lemon Dressing
6. Taco night

The CSA had a nice bunch of flowers this week along with carrots, beets, broccoli, cabbage, salad mix, Brussels sprouts, collards, dill and peas. As I was picking this up, I was thinking “Oh no…more cabbage, what am I going to do with more cabbage??” But then I found TheKitchn’s Roasted Cabbage with Bacon and I am looking forward to more cabbage!

1. Roasted Root Vegetable and Chicken Tacos
2. Roasted Cabbage with Bacon (add the few Brussels sprouts) and Burgers
3. Pizza night with one Shrimp and Dill Pizza and one sausage, green pepper and onion pizza
4. Salad with peas and radishes and sausage
5. Ham and Broccoli Frittata
6. Grilled Pork Chops with Perfect Corn Muffins and Collards
7. Nachos, tacos or burritos

This week’s CSA goodies: cabbage, dill, scallions, spinach, lettuce, salad mix, celery, cauliflower, carrots, baby kale, and some flowers. With the heat last week, we kept trying to turn things into salads…looks like we’ve got lots of good salad fixin’s here.

1. Baby Kale and Strawberry Summer Salad, adding grilled chicken
2. Turkey Reubens and Sweet potato fries
3. Cream of Celery Soup with Bacon with grilled cheese sandwiches
4. Sweet and Spicy Shrimp with Greens with Avocado and Grapefruit
5. Spinach and Cheese Pizza
6. Moroccan-Spiced Cauliflower and Carrot Salad

 

The CSA returns! The spring season started up this week and we got quite a bit of stuff, though I didn’t get the list, so we’re working from my limited ability to identify some things…Turnips vs rutabagas? Anyway, I think we’re working with: Cabbage, lemons, rutabagas, Brussels sprouts, beets, carrots, collards, fennel, bock choy, broccoli, chard, and arugula.

1. Roasted Rosemary Brussels and Rutabaga with Burgers
2. Orecchiette with Chorizo and Swiss Chard
3. Fennel and Cabbage Slaw and Turkey Paninis with Bacon, Arugula and Caramelized Onions
4. Roasted Beet Salad with Bacon, [Collards], and [Feta] and BBQ Chicken
5. Maple Glazed Tofu with Garlic Bok Choy

1. Crock Pot Tomato Basil and Chicken Soup
2. Pressure Cooker Chicken Gumbo with sweet potatoes
3. Beef and Stout Skillet Pie 
4. Nachos
5. Sausage and Broccoli Pasta–BuzzFeed for recipes? Who knew?
6. Avocado Naan Flatbread with Garlic Kale and Acorn Squash

1. Orange Pan-Glazed Chicken with Broccoli and Rice
2. Honey-Balsamic Pulled Pork with Avocado Relish
3. Shrimp, Bacon and Egg Pancake
4. Orange Teriyaki Beef with Pineapple-Edamame Fried Rice
5. Lemon and Garlic Chicken with Mushrooms and Spinach with Garlic Vinaigrette
6. Stir-Fried Rice Noodles with Beets and Greens
7. Pizza

Sorry we missed last week–too much going on. We’re also in a break between seasons for the CSA, so no CSA until March. I guess that lets us revisit some old favorite sites and back off on how in the heck am I going to use daikon–though I must say the cheddar bacon daikon fries are really good. I’ll try to keep up the veggie content. That’s one thing we had noticed withe the CSA–when you plan meals around the veggies you have, you end up with more veggies in you meals than when you add them in to try and round out the meal.

1. Mini Fennel And Prawn Spring Rolls
2. Skillet Chicken Tamale Pie
3. Sausage, Kale  and Mushroom Galette
4. Broccoli and Beef 
5. Gnocchi with Bacon and Escarole

No CSA photo this week, but quite a collection of veggies: Carrots, beets, daikon, rutabaga, chives, butter and romaine lettuce, red choy, sweet potatoes, collards, kohlrabi, spinach and a flower. We also still have some dill, kale and cabbage left over from previous weeks.

1. Cabbage Bierocks, adding carrots and other veggies?
2. Skillet Sausage and Kale Pesto Pizzas
3. Vietnamese Slow Cooker Chicken with Bok Choy [and Collards]
4. Roasted carrots, sweet potatoes, beets and kohlrabi with BBQ Sausages
5. Ham and Beet Greens Quiche with Cheddar and Parmesan
6. Daikon Fries with Cheddar and Bacon and Salads