Monday, January 10, 2011

Veggie-Filled Weekend

Our weekend was filled with fruits and veggies thanks to our CSA box.


Here is what we got, and what we did/will do with it:
  • Pears – They are just slightly soft, which is the perfect ripeness for me. We already ate all but one.
  • Apples – We already ate them all. Actually, the toddler insisted that they were “his apples,” but he shared a few slices…
  • Minneola Tangelos – Hubby and the toddler each took one in their lunch today. I’m sure we’ll eat the rest soon.
  • Leeks – I used the leeks in my “clean out the fridge soup.”
  • Red Kale – I made kale chips. Unfortunately, there was no time to take a picture as we were so excited to eat them! Smile
  • Carrots – They went into my “clean out the fridge soup.”
  • Cauliflower – I cooked the florets in a bit of vegetable broth until they were soft. Then I smashed them up and added a wedge of laughing cow blue cheese. 
  • Leaf Lettuce – We ate the lettuce dressed in a simple vinaigrette.
  • Radicchio – We’ll have the radicchio tonight.
  • Onion – It went into the “clean out the fridge soup.”
“Clean Out the Fridge Soup”
  • Leeks
  • Onion
  • Carrots
  • Mushrooms
  • Potatoes
  • Leftover butternut squash
  • Vegetable broth
  • Frozen garlic, cilantro, and basil cubes
  • Salt and pepper

I pureed the soup when it was done, but I had a cup chunky, and it was really good, too.

Here are some photos of the winter sky around noon on Friday. I loved the moon and how “spooky” the sky looked.




Questions: What was the favorite thing you ate over the weekend? We loved the salad from the CSA box. Did you do anything exciting over the weekend? We hiked to a nearby animal farm. It was quite cold (low 30s, which is cold for us, especially since we don’t have “real” winter clothes…), but it was lots of fun.

Be well,
Andrea