I live in San Francisco, and my husband and I get a Terra Firma Farm CSA veggie box once a week. It has forced me to be mindful about what I cook, and to explore new recipes -- what do you do with persimmons? However, I find that most weeks I have some piece of greenery left wilting in the crisper, some piece of fruit molding in the fruit bowl. This blog signals a new commitment to using up all of the veggies. I will share recipes and ideas, and hope that you will share yours as well.

Monday, December 26, 2011

Sunday, December 25: Buon Natale!

So, this wasn't Diana's feast of the seven fishes, but we did count six fishes in this meal. Not bad for a bunch of rooks.

Zuccarelli Antipasto
This is a modified version of the original. We used escarole as the green, which had a nice bitter flavor to it, but could have used more time to marinate in the dressing. Then we put olives, pepperoncini, roasted red peppers, marinated artichokes, tuna, and spears of mozzarella over top. In honor of our mostly-vegetarian crew, we prepared a separate plate of dried salami.

Cioppino (Seafood Stew)
We really had nothing to do with preparing it, but I believe this is the recipe that was used.

Pear-Apple Crisp:
 This was my first real attempt at making a crisp with raw oats. The lesson I learned: do not fear butter. Topping: raw oats, whole wheat flour, allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon, and butter (I used 1/2 a stick, and could have used the whole stick.) Still, with our yummy Granny Smith apples, our Asian pears, and plenty of vanilla ice cream, it turned out all right.

What's left:
- 2 leeks
- 0 Mandarins -- we gave them away to under-citrused friends!
- 10 or so potatoes
- 2 sweet potatoes
- 3 or so parsnips
- 2 heads broccoli
- bunch carrots
- 1/2 bag baby spinach
- bunch Dino kale
- 3 lemons
- 2 Granny Smit

Leftover from the last 2 weeks:
- 12 mandarins
- 1/4 bag arugula
- head of cabbage
- garlic

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