CSA Meals 2014: Week 2

Week 2: Kale, kohlrabi, bean sprouts, turnips, lettuce, spring onions, zucchini, blueberries, bread, eggs.

Prep:
- wash kale, rip leaves off of stems
- rip stems off of kohrabi bulbs
- chop all the stems into wee pieces
- pack everything in tupperware
- hardboil some eggs


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Meal: CSA Fritters
1 Turnip, grated
1 Kohlrabi, peeled and grated
1 Onion, mandolined and chopped
1 Beet, sliced fine
2 Potato, grated
Lots of kale, ripped up and chiffonaded
Handful of Beet stems, finely sliced
1 Radish , finely sliced

Egg
Salt, pepper
Some white whole wheat flour for glue

Mixed all together, fried in bacon fat, served with garlic-lime yogurt sauce. SO TASTY and deals with leftovers and kohlrabi + turnips. Could have doubled the amount of kohlrabi and turnip and radish, really.

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Meal:  Green things with parmesan and nuts
Kohlrabi greens
Kale stems
Radish
Asparagus
Bean sprouts
Peanut oil
Garlic
Balsamic
Parmesan
Pepitas

Stirfry everything except the parmesan and bean sprouts, add those after removing from heat.

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Many meals: Tom ka gai with veggies
A chicken
Lemongrass
Ginger
Limes or lime juice
Fish sauce
Mushrooms
Kale stems
Turnips
Spring onions
Baby corn (or regular corn)
Rice
Coconut milk

Get a chicken (cooked, or roast it yourself). Strip meat off the boneses. Make broth by boiling  the boneses for a couple hours. Add lemongrass, ginger, chopped limes or lime juice. Boil up to an hour. Remove the lemongrass, ginger, and limes. Add veggies. Once veggies are cooked, add back the chicken.  Add rice, simmer until done. Add 1-2 cans of coconut milk.

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Meal: Tom ka gai with more veggies

Sauteed radish, zucchini, kohlrabi kale stems, and more mushrooms. Added to a bowl of the tom ka gai with veggies above. 

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Ingredient: Sweet mint water
Stevia has  a greenish taste to it. It's fine in baked goods and in anything that has veggies. Ooor… with mint leaves! I cut a big sprig of stevia (trying to get the plant to grow a bit bushier), stripped the leaves off, and dumped them in a jar with a bunch of freshly picked mint leaves (harvested for the same reason). Poured hot water in, shook it up a bunch, let it rest. Shook it up every time I passed through the kitchen.
Tasted. WOW. It's very sweet and minty. I will add it to cookies and things.