Okay so this blog always aimed for vegetarian fare but now in year two I find that I am hankering for a new challenge so I have been buying produce boxes from the Holly Grove Farm and Market. Basically you get an unpredictable assortment of local produce sufficient to sustain you (hopefully) through the week.
This whole experience has been like a quiz on cooking or more precisely botany for example
Take these three bunches of greens and tell me which one is the swiss chard?(the silver looking one)
Or what is the best way to store carrots or beets with or without the tops?(Without if you want them to last)
All in all it has been so far a broadening experience if a bit weird.
My collard greens came out horrible but the mustard greens were OK
The cookies with local honey and local sweet potatoes were wonderful but I think I could have lived without the cilantro and strawberry salad dressing!
I have been cooking a great deal but writing very little as the insanity of the holidays and my impending move took me over. So here is what I'm going to do, I will post all the recipes as direct links and then go back and write the posts if/when I get the time. I will warn you that some of these recipes contain a frightening quantity of green things. As the Hitch Hikers guide to the galaxy says "DON'T PANIC" most of them reduce down a lot as you cook them. Good luck.
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