Recipes
CILANTRO
GREEN RICE
1 C coarsely chopped cilantro
¼ C onion
2 Cups chicken broth
1 hot pepper chopped
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cumin
2 Cups Rice—brown or white
2 T oil
2 Cups water
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TOMATOES
Lindentree Farm’s Tomato Glut Sauce
6 pounds tomatoes (preferably plum, but any will do) cut in quarters
1 ½ C chopped carrots (gives body to the sauce)
1 ½ C chopped celery
1 ½ C chopped onion
9 cloves chopped garli
WINTER SQUASH
Baked/Roasted Squash
1 or more Acorn, Butternut, or Carnivale Squash
Chopped walnuts or pecans, cinnamon, maple syrup, butter.
Cut squash in half, scoop out seeds. Place cut side down on baking pan. (for some reason they get sweeter thi
SCALLION
We’ve been exploring various vegetable pancakes. Here’s one from Mark Bitman (NY Times)
Arepas With Cheese and Green Pepper
1 Cup yellow cornmeal, finely ground
½ tsp salt
½ c grated Cheddar or Monterey Jack
1 C mi
POTATOES
Steak Fries
Slice potatoes lengthwise into thick fries. Place in a bowl and drizzle with a few tablespoons of oil. Add salt and one of the spice combinations below. Stir to coat fries and place on a cook
PARSLEY
Green Goddess Dressing
Serve on a bed of lettuce with snap peas that you’ve blanched in boiling water for no more than a minute. Worth the effort! Blend the following ingredients:
1 garlic clove
2 or 3 anchovies or paste
1 Tablespo
PARSLEY
Parsley Salad
2-3 cups chopped fresh parsley leaves
1 cup chopped onion
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/3 cup kalamata olives, pitted and sliced
1/4 cup chopped tomato
1 hard-boiled egg, chopped
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons balsami
LETTUCE
Reunion Salad
Mix in a quart jar
½ cup Dijon mustard
½ cup maple syrup
1 ½ cup olive oil
¾ cup red wine or balsamic vinegar
Toss dressing with
green or red leaf lettuce
and sprinkle the salad with
d
KOHLRABI
Refreshing Sweet and Sour Kohlrabi Salad
(Asparagus to Zucchini Cookbook)
1 kohlrabi peeled and shredded
½ C radishes, shredded
1 T fresh chopped parsley
½ t sugar
KALE:
ABOUT KALE: Strip the stems from the kale by grasping the leaf in one hand and pulling the stem out. Discard the stems (although some people eat them I find them coarse and too fibrous). Kale is an extremely nutritious vegetable and amazingly h
TURNIPS--HAKUREI (Spring Turnips):
Hakurei have a zesty crisp, apple-like quality that adds zing to salads, unlike the fall, purple top turnips that are usually cooked in a hearty beef stew.
GRATED TURNIP AND APPLE SALAD
Moosewood Restaurant
1 cup peeled and grated raw tu
GARLIC SCAPES:
The scape is the flowering part of the garlic. The farmer cuts it off this time of year to encourage the plant to grow a large bulb. Scapes are considered a delicacy in many fine restaurants. They have a mild garlic flavor and cook much like a green
GARLIC: Friday Night Garlic
For when you’re tired and the only one you’ll be breathing on all weekend is your honey.
FENNEL:
FENNEL, CARROTS and PECANS
2 cups carrots, peeled and julienned (matchsticks)
1 Tablespoon olive oil
½ Cup thinly sliced fennel
¼ cup maple syrup
¼ cup roasted pecans
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon chopped fresh par
CUCUMBERS: Swedish Sandwich Pickles
These are especially nice with smorgasbord-type foods (herbed meatballs, boiled potatoes, sardines, herring, hard cheese) but also on sandwiches with cold cuts.
Beet Greens with Caramelized Onions
tablespoon olive oil
1/4 lb yellow onions, peeled and diced
1/8 teaspoon fresh thyme, chopped
1/8 teaspoon fresh rosemary, chopped
garlic clove, minced
1/8 teaspoon salt
fresh black pepper, ground
1/8 cup balsam
Creamy Swiss Chard Pasta
Posted by “Derf” on RecipeZaar.com, but apparently originating with Lakeside Organic Gardens, wherever that may be!
Greek Salad with Chard
2 C brown rice
1 bunch chard, chopped and steamed or stir-fried
6 oz jar marinated artichokes, drained and liquid saved
Chopped red onion
8 oz crumbled feta cheese
8 or more black olives
1/3 bunch parsley
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
½ t
Simple Chard
A simple way to cook chard is to sauté the chopped stems in oil with onion, then add chopped leafy parts and serve with a little vinegar or butter or grated parmesan cheese.
Chard with Capers
Chard can be used in almost any recipe that calls for spinach. You can use frozen chard as a layer in lasagna. Thin slices of zucchini work well this way too, or puree it and add it to the tomato sauce – some vegetable-timid people find this toler
