CSA Meals: Week 20 (pickup)

Spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, red delicious apples, golden delicious apples, turnips, turban squash, bread, and apple cider.

Two notes on this week's haul:

First, I love these red delicious apple. They're actually delicious, instead of all bland and mealy like the storebought kind.

Second, nobody loves turnips. The trade-in box, where you can trade one of your items for somebody else's rejected items, was filled with turnips.

:(

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Spinach-turnip sauce

Butter

Spinach, washed
Turnip, sliced
Mushrooms, sliced
Garlic, minced
Olive oil, lots
Mayo
Mustard

Melt a knob of butter in a large stockpot. On mediumish heat, add turnips and scoot around a little. Add mushrooms, garlic, and spinach. Cover and let cook, stirring occasionally, until spinach collapses into a miserable little heap. Add olive oil and stir. When turnips are soft, blend all to a sauce-like consistency.  Add mayo and mustard to taste.

TASTY. When gently but thoroughly cooked, the turnips lose their bitterness

Meal: tricolor pasta with spinach-turnip sauce, chickpeas, and shredded cheese.