Side Dish

Deer Tongue Lettuce and Arugula Salad with Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette

buy provigil paypal This salad is nice and fresh yet hardy and filling. Great alone or accompanying fish or pasta Serve this up for Mother’s Day and mom will be impressed, guaranteed! Continue reading Deer Tongue Lettuce and Arugula Salad with Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette

Spicy Garlic Scape Gazpacho

Sankt Wendel Sometimes the contents of a CSA box can be something of a mystery. It’s understandable, a CSA box gives you access to a world of produce you might never see at a regular grocery store. To me it’s really exciting to find a new mystery food, but hey I’m a food nerd. I understand it can be a little intimidating. I’m here to help.

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Broccoli and Cheese Soup

I needed a brief hiatus from cooking after the holiday season ended. Yep, I burned myself out on cooking. Hey, sometimes it happens. While we enjoyed the time spent at ramen houses, burger joints, and pizza places I am grateful Green Gate Farms is back with their Winter CSA and I am back to cooking for my fam. This warm January afternoon (seriously it’s 80 in Austin) seemed perfect for Broccoli and Cheese Soup. I do hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

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Turnip and Pomegranate Winter Salad

I’m often asked how to use the turnips and radishes in CSA boxes. It seems these little guys have developed a bad reputation from the old days when varieties often had so much bite that they had an almost unbearable bitter taste.

Friends, I’m here to tell you these hardy root vegetables have changed their ways! They are packed with nutrition and, when harvested at the appropriate time, have delicious, sweet and slightly spicy flavors that can be complimented very well with the right accompanying harmony of flavors. Continue reading Turnip and Pomegranate Winter Salad