CSA Meals: Week 18 (pickup)

Corn, brussels sprouts, potatoes, turnips, tomatoes, red delicious apples, golden delicious apples, acorn squash, eggs, bread.

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Bacon-Ginger Root Veggie Soup
Corn cob stock
Garlic, minced
Onion, chopped
Sweet potato, chopped
Turnip, chopped
Chunk of ginger root
Strip of bacon
Other spices (salt, rosemary? Rosemary would be great) to taste

Simmer everything together until turnip is no longer bitter and sweet potato is soft. Puree with wand blender.

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Beer bread with mozzarella and mustard: beer bread from http://www.food.com/recipe/beer-bread-73440
3 c flour: (2 bread, 1 wwh)
1 tsp salt
Couple tsps sugar
3 t baking powder
Bottle of Old Rasputin

Brushed surface with cream, bake ~1hr at 360. Let cool for 15 min before slicing.
Top with mustard and a slab of mozzarella. We ate this entire loaf in a day.

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Granola:
Oats, ~2 c
Flax meal, ~1/4 c
Walnuts, ~1/3 c
Almonds ~1/3 c
Salt, 1 tsp

Honey, bit less than a 1/4 c
Olive oil, ~1/4c
Water, ~1/4 c
Vanilla, couple of blobs - 1/2 tsp? 1 tsp?

Mix dry ingredients in largeish bowl, wet ingredients in small bowl. Add wet to dry and mix with a large whisk until moisture is evenly distributed. Spread onto aluminum-foiled pans in thin layers. Bake at 300, stirring around every 10min or so. My oven has a bad hot spot, so I rotated the pans a lot. Granola is done when dry and golden.

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Bacon Carnival:
Carnival squash, roasted
Bacon
Savoy caggage

Cook bacon in pan until there's plenty of rendered fat. Remove bacon and chop into bits. In remaining bacon fat, add sliced cabbage with a little water, sugar, and salt. Remove cabbage, add squash to pan. Stir around squash until heated through, then re-add cabbage and bacon.