One of the joys of being part of Morning Song Farm's CSA is that I never know exactly what I'm going to get. That goes for the fruits and veggies as well as a few farm friends that come along for the ride. This little guy made it through a good wash at the sink, a few days in the refrigerator and finally a bath of balsamic vinaigrette. Just as we were finishing dinner, he inched his way up our salad spoon to say "Thanks very much. See you next time. I'll just be going now." This sort of thing would normally cause me to lose my appetite, but somehow I wasn't bothered at all by our little green dinner guest. It just seemed he was part of the package.
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
A Surprise Dinner Guest...
One of the joys of being part of Morning Song Farm's CSA is that I never know exactly what I'm going to get. That goes for the fruits and veggies as well as a few farm friends that come along for the ride. This little guy made it through a good wash at the sink, a few days in the refrigerator and finally a bath of balsamic vinaigrette. Just as we were finishing dinner, he inched his way up our salad spoon to say "Thanks very much. See you next time. I'll just be going now." This sort of thing would normally cause me to lose my appetite, but somehow I wasn't bothered at all by our little green dinner guest. It just seemed he was part of the package.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Cooking for This Week
When you saw that last post were you wondering what he made with dandelion greens and ice berg lettuce? I'm in a good groove now with what has been coming in the rest of the box. This week I made more pesto and froze my mint according to Gillian's instructions.
Lettuce Wraps!
I always love the wraps at that branded Asian food store. They serve them as an appetizer but I prefer them as my complete dinner. Turned out they were the perfect dish to 'absorb' my dandelion greens as I don't really like the 'scrubbier' greens for salads as they get a bit bitter. But sliced up they make a good counter to the sweeter sesame oils and hoisin sauce in lettuce wraps.
Ice berg lettuce leaves
1 lb ground beef
1 TBS olive oil for frying
1 large onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves
2 TBS soy sauce
3 TBS hoisin sauce
2 TBS rice vinegar
Asian chili pepper sauce to taste. (I put in 3 TBS and that was good for me.)
1 can water chestnuts (drained and chopped)
1 bunch green onions chopped (reserving some chopped greens for garnish)
1/2 bunch dandelion greens
2 TBS dark sesame oil.
Heat a medium skillet to high heat, add 1 tbs oil and brown ground beef. Break into small pieces and when completely cooked through, remove from heat and sit aside to drain on paper towels. While the meat is cooling, add the onions to the pan and stir for 1 minute to begin cooking. Add garlic, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, vinegar and chili pepper sauce to the onions. Stir to mix well. Add water chestnuts, green onions and sesame oil. Stir in chopped dandelion greens. When all is heated through add sauce to ground beef and mix well in bowl. Garnish bowl with reserved green onion and let your guests make their own wraps using the lettuce cups.
Don't have dandelion greens? I don't blame you. Sub in anything you want. Shredded carrot would work well too!
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Lettuce Wraps!
I always love the wraps at that branded Asian food store. They serve them as an appetizer but I prefer them as my complete dinner. Turned out they were the perfect dish to 'absorb' my dandelion greens as I don't really like the 'scrubbier' greens for salads as they get a bit bitter. But sliced up they make a good counter to the sweeter sesame oils and hoisin sauce in lettuce wraps.
Ice berg lettuce leaves
1 lb ground beef
1 TBS olive oil for frying
1 large onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves
2 TBS soy sauce
3 TBS hoisin sauce
2 TBS rice vinegar
Asian chili pepper sauce to taste. (I put in 3 TBS and that was good for me.)
1 can water chestnuts (drained and chopped)
1 bunch green onions chopped (reserving some chopped greens for garnish)
1/2 bunch dandelion greens
2 TBS dark sesame oil.
Heat a medium skillet to high heat, add 1 tbs oil and brown ground beef. Break into small pieces and when completely cooked through, remove from heat and sit aside to drain on paper towels. While the meat is cooling, add the onions to the pan and stir for 1 minute to begin cooking. Add garlic, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, vinegar and chili pepper sauce to the onions. Stir to mix well. Add water chestnuts, green onions and sesame oil. Stir in chopped dandelion greens. When all is heated through add sauce to ground beef and mix well in bowl. Garnish bowl with reserved green onion and let your guests make their own wraps using the lettuce cups.
Don't have dandelion greens? I don't blame you. Sub in anything you want. Shredded carrot would work well too!
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