CSA Meals 2013: Week 1

First CSA week of the season! This is the 'early bird' season from the delightful Breezy Willow Farms.

Oranges, apples (Jonagold and Red), grapefruit, carrots, kale, beets, sweet potatoes, mushrooms, eggs, rosemary-lavender bread.


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Sweet and Savory Grapefruit Sauce
Juice of 2 grapefruits
4 cloves garlic
6 - 8 dried apricots
4 - 6 chunks of candied ginger (or regular ginger for a tangier sauce)

Simmer all ingredients together until the liquid is sufficiently flavored and reduced.

GRAPEFRUIT INTERACTS WITH MANY MEDICATIONS. If you presently take a medication that instructs you not to drink grapefruit juice, please do not make this recipe. If you take one of these meds and you drink grapefruit juice anyway, please do not change your grapefruit-consuming habits but do talk to your doctor.

This is so decadent. We poured it over tilapia and sweet potato.

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Wine-stewed fruit sauce, v2
Frozen Peaches
Dried apricots
Red wine

Stew in red wine until fruit is all soft and wine has reduced and thickened.
POUR OVER VANILLA ICE CREAM. Seriously, this is so tasty I don't even know what to do.
Alternative: eat peaches and apricots, then pour liquid over vanilla ice cream.