CSA meals: week 1, continued

Further adventures in Cooking With Lots Of Vegetables.

Orange and Green Soup

chopped into chunks:

- sweet potato

- radish

- mushrooms

- onion

washed well:

- beet greens (with stems)

- radish greens (with stems)

also:

- garlic, olive oil

- chicken or vegetable stock

- beans (cooked)

- rosemary, thyme, other spices?

1) Saute greens in garlic and olive oil until wilted.

2) Add sweet potato, radish, mushrooms, onion, stock, and spices (sweet potato takes a long time to cook, so i pre-cooked it in the microwave).

3) Cover and simmer until all ingredients are soft; blend with wand blender.

4) Spoon into bowl, add beans and any desired garnishes (blob of greek yogurt?)

This looks kinda gross (about the color of split pea soup - what you rightly deserve mixing deep green and orange), but it's delicious.

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Pickled everything

- pattypans (raw)

- vidalia onions

- cucumbers

- vinegar (apple cider and balsamic; rice or red wine would be lovely as well)
- dill, rosemary, or other spices

Slice vegetables. Combine all ingredients in a dish or jar and let marinate, tasting occasionally until they're pickly to your liking. The onions are great drained and added to other dishes.

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Rasbperry-Strawberry-Currant Vinaigrette

- smash raspberries, strawberries, and red currants in a bowl

- add apple cider vinegar, maybe a splash of balsamic

- depending on your mix of fruits, add a touch of sugar

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Orangey Cheesey Sweet Potato Pie… ish

Filling:

Two medium-small sweet potatoes (or one large?)

1 pkg neufchatel cheese or cream cheese

2 medium oranges

1/2 tsp vanilla

Crust:

~1c oats oats (old fashioned)

1 stick Butter (this was probably way too much)

White whole wheat flour (to texture rather than to taste)

1. Cook sweet potatoes with preferred method (I used microwave) until very soft

2. Peel oranges.

3. Combine cheese, oranges, sweet potatoes, and vanilla in a large bowl and puree using a wand blender or standing blender.

Crust:

1. Toast oats at 325 for 10 minutes or until beginning to brown.

2. Melt butter.

3. Combine butter with oats; mix well. Add flour until mixture is of a cohesive yet spreadable consistency.

4. Spread mixture in pan, patting down with spoon

Okay, it's not really a pie. It's summer and it's dang hot, so I opted not to bake this further than toasting the oats. I'm sure it'd be delicious browned slightly, served hot with ice cream… I'm chilling this and serving it with fruit sauce (or frangelico sauce? Decisions!). Also, note that there is no added sugar in this recipe. I'm not fond of very sweet things, but your taste may require some brown sugar in the filling, or maybe a sweet sauce.

A food photographer, I am not. A food eater right now, I am.

... With Chocolate Sauce

Chocolate chips, butter, and cream; melt in microwave and stir well.