Shiiiiiiitakes!!

I love mushrooms.  They’re right up there next to my friends the eggplant and butternut squash.  I think I might even prefer them over chocolate sometimes… sometimes.  I really like expensive mushrooms that I never get to eat because Freddy’s charges over $12 a lb for the little guys.  I must be in the mushrooms [...]

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Slippery little suckers

For lunch today I made a quinoa salad with fresh organic greens, slivers of apple, daikon and cucumber, a few almonds and a citrusy red wine vinaigrette dressing – a tasty and nutritious combo.  Well, I sit down after class to eat real quick before going to work.  I’m quickly chomping my way through my [...]

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I find myself in need of a spork.

This week I got a whole bunch of daikon radishes in my CSA share.  Fantastic.  Now, just what the hell are daikon radishes?  I had no clue, so I wiki’d them.  They look like huge albino carrots, but they don’t taste like carrots.  I’m actually not sure how to describe their flavor and texture.  They’re [...]

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Well, we only had one casualty.

Last Sunday when I received my first CSA share I was almost in panic mode – I had no idea how I was going to use so much cabbage, and then two bags of salad and braising greens.  Now, one week later, I’m happy to report that the only thing that got wasted were the [...]

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What do I do with all this cabbage?

Today I received my first weekly share of veggies from 15 Miles Farm.  As you can see from the picture below, I have quite of bit of greens to devour… half of which are cabbage. I’m sure seasonal eating gets easier with experience, but right now I’m feeling almost panicky with all these greens!  Whatever [...]

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