Root to Leaf Beet Pizza – Three Ways!
I love making pizzas using farmers’ market produce that doesn’t often make it onto a pie. Beets, their roots, leaves, and stems are all options on pizza!
CSA 2021, Week 10
Here we are with week 10 of the Elysian Fields Farm CSA. Look at the gorgeous cauliflower in the center of the photo! Also, beets with greens, carrots with tops and (summer’s around the corner) zucchini!
Garlic Scape Pesto
Garlic scapes are the flowering stalk of hard necked garlic varieties. They are a wonderful treat found in the late spring at farmers’ markets or home gardens. My favorite use for them is to make a versatile pesto!
Beet, Fennel and Mint Salad
Roasted beets, shaved raw fennel and julienned fresh mint work so well with each other. Tie them all together with an orange vinaigrette and you have a wonderful salad.
CSA 2021, Week 9
This week’s Elysian Fields Farm CSA score included Beets with their greens, sugar snap peas, spinach, cabbage and fennel bulbs including the fronds.
CSA 2021, Week 8
Week 8 of the Elysian Fields Farm CSA brought me broccoli, celery, radishes, sugar snap peas, spinach and arugula.
Sugar Snap Pea and Radish Salad
Who says you need lettuce to make a salad? A super simple, super flavorful spring salad pairing sugar snap peas with radishes, mint and feta.
Have You Eaten?
Learning about the traditional Chinese greeting, 你吃了吗 (have you eaten?), gave me pause for thought. This greeting conveys the visceral importance of food, something which we often take for granted.
Root to Leaf Beet Paella
Beets work wonderfully with the flavor profile of Spanish chorizo, smoked paprika and saffron. This is a true root to leaf recipe, utilizing the roots, stems and leaves of the beet.
CSA 2021, Week 7
Time is flying. It’s already week 7 of the 2021 Elysian Fields Farm CSA. This week we get broccoli, beets, lacinato kale, arugula and a head of red summer crisp lettuce.
Tuesday Math
The Washington State University Bread Lab ponders the math associated with wheat production and wheat consumption.
Pasta with Asparagus, Lemon and Sausage
While asparagus is in the title, this versatile recipe works equally well with lots of other vegetables and greens. Broccolini, kale, snap peas, raab and spigariello are all great options.