Umbrian Inspired Favas

June 8, 2010

Organics to You has been bringing us fresh fava beans for a few weeks now and I’ve repeatedly put them into a green bag in the fridge until I figure out what to do with this new produce. Tonight I finally decided to cook up the pile of them as inspired by a recipe I […]

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creamy and nutty greens soup!

June 8, 2010

our lovely portland spring has inspired more soup-making than usual for this time of year. i had to share this recipe – i found variations of it on several websites and tweaked it to my liking. it’s soooooo good, vegan, and gluten-free (if made with quinoa only)! CREAMY AND NUTTY GREENS SOUP INGREDIENTS1/2 cup lentils1/2 […]

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Organics to You – June 7, 2010

June 7, 2010

Missed last week’s post due to the crazy busyness of getting ready for Open Source Bridge. We’d thought last week we’d come home and cook some, but were wrong. This week we have a crazy surplus of produce in the house including the contents of this week’s box: 2 heads of red leaf lettuce 2 […]

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Kale & Chickpea Salad

May 24, 2010

This is not the recipe, I have to recreate this one. This post is just the food porn about how good this salad turned out! I wanted a nice salad, but something that would be very hearty for dinner. I’ve had some raw kale salads in the past and really wanted to give another go […]

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Sauteed Greens with Zucchini Pasta

May 24, 2010

Last week for dinner one evening we had and excellent dish of shallot, sauteed with mustard greens and tempeh. Served this over zucchini “pasta”, topped with marinara and finely sliced basil. This was a simple dish that came together quickly and was extremely tasty! This could be made to serve 3 if each person gets […]

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Organics to You – May 24, 2010

May 24, 2010

Hmm… not a lot of fruit in today’s box from Organics to You, excepting the tomatoes and avocados: green leaf lettuce spinach asparagus fresh fava beans fresh shelling peas radishes bunch of carrots 5 tomatoes 3 avocados 2 cucumbers fennel bulb broccoli shallots 2 bulbs garlic basil cilantro In the fridge: Jerusalem artichokes (sunchokes) – […]

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Organics to You – May 17, 2010

May 17, 2010

Today’s box from Organics to You: green leaf lettuce radishes 5 small zucchini several bulbs of shallot fresh fava beans broccoli asparagus a bulb of fennel fresh basil 2 d’anjou pears an avocado 3 Fuji apples 4 oranges 4 peaches In the fridge: Jerusalem artichokes (sunchokes) – oddly enough these are still there and might […]

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Organics to You – April 19, 2010

April 19, 2010

Today’s box from Organics to You: carrots radishes collards green, curly kale broccoli 2 leeks red potatoes salad greens 3 kiwis an avocado 3 Fuji apples 2 Atalufo mangoes 2 oranges 2 stalks rhubarb From last week the fridge still contains: radishes 3 yams Jerusalem artichokes (sunchokes) a red beets & greens a lot of […]

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Organics to You – April 12, 2010

April 12, 2010

Today’s box from Organics to You: Romaine lettuce salad greens baby turnips w/greens asparagus radishes baby red beets w/greens raab rapini collards more celery kale 4 small zucchini 3 yams orange carrots 3 Pink Lady apples 3 d’Anjou pears 2 Honeygold grapefruit 3 tangerines From last week the fridge still contains: 2 artichokes Jerusalem artichokes […]

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Organics to You – April 5, 2010

April 5, 2010

Last week I forgot about the delivery until it was close time for me to leave to pick up Christie and go to a friends’ seder dinner. I totally blew putting in the last delivery. Starting over again with today’s box from Organics to You: spinach salad greens red kale a leek bunch of chives […]

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