Recipe

We did end up making the frittata with the kale we got. Here is the recipe for Frittata with Bacon, Fresh Ricotta, and Greens.

We used a mix of greens - I think kale, chard and beet tops, but I'm not positive. It turned out pretty well, although we burnt the bottom a bit. Perhaps most exciting was the bacon. There's a place at the Clintonville Farmers' Market (I think it's called Oink Cluck Moo, although I might have the order wrong) that sells lots of meats. I'm not a huge meat eater, so although Mr. T sometimes gets stuff there, I never do. We had bought some bacon there which we used in the frittata, and it was freaking delicious. SO good.

Sippel CSA Report 6/27/09

We've got more vegetables than we know what to do with! :)

This week's haul was similar to last week's:
lettuce
chard
yellow squash
lots (5!) of zucchini
sage
small cabbage
carrots
garlic scapes
beets

We just used the garlic scapes for the first time. I cut them up and put them into a chicken salad with some chicken and mayo - very tasty! And I also added some to the zucchini and squash I roasted for some extra flavor. Mr. T and I tasted them raw and both of us thought they tasted kind of Asian-y. So we might do a stir fry or something with them. We're also planning on making a risotto with the delicious peas he got at the market, so I'm sure we'll throw some in there as well.

Sippel CSA Report 6/20/09

This week's was pretty similar to last week's, only with a lot more food! :) There were bigger carrots, bigger beets, kale, lettuce, yellow squash, zucchini, and cute things called garlic scapes. I was told to cut them up like green onions and use them similarly. I've never even heard of them and haven't tried them yet but I'm sure they'll be delicious! We roasted the beets for more salads (yum! my favorite!) and grilled the squash and zucchini on the grill with just olive oil, salt and pepper. I think we're going to make a frittata tonight with the kale, so I'll post the recipe for that.

Ps, I must apologize for the lack of photos. I broke my camera (dropped it) and haven't fixed it or replaced it yet. :(

Recipes

To make good use of some of the great greens we've been getting, we made a delicious Potato Soup with Kale and Chorizo. We threw in about a pound of greens - kale, chard, and kohlrabi tops. The soup was great and is very filling. Pretty healthy too!

Since we were backing up on green onions, we made these incredible green onions biscuits.

They were so good! And to top it all off, I made homemade butter to go with it! I used cream from Snowville Creamery and basically just threw it in the Kitchenaid. Wow, was that ever good. It was so creamy and tasty. The combo of the fresh butter and the still-warm biscuits was wonderful.

I also bought some delicious looking sugar snap peas at the Farmers Market last weekend which we finally tonight made into a stir fry with shrimp. We based it on a grilled shrimp recipe but didn't actually grill anything.

I thought it needed a bit of salt but it was otherwise great. And we also made a roasted beet salad to try to eat up some of the delicious beets. That was just a simple salad of lettuce, roasted beets, goat cheese and a basic vinaigrette.

Sippel CSA Report 6/13/09

I'm sorry this is so late in coming, but at least I'm getting it in before I pick up the next one! Last week's CSA was full of fun stuff - carrots, beets (cute little ones!), green onions, kale, lettuce. We've been trying lots of new recipes. I have to confess that I'm not sure I've ever eaten kale before. I have now!

Sippel CSA report 6/6/09

Mr. T and I decided to do a CSA this year and actually got signed up for one. We talked about it last year but just never got around to it. For anyone who might not know, a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) is where you basically buy a small share of a farm. You pay up front and then get veggies every week during the growing season. You theoretically are also assuming some of the risk that the farmers bear but can also reap the rewards. www.localharvest.org is a great web site to read more about them and find one near you.

I decided to start showing off our weekly haul on here. I know when we were trying to decide whether or not to do one, we really wanted to know more about what we'd actually get.

We decided to go with the Sippel Family Farm for our CSA. There are several other great farms doing CSAs in the Columbus area. I wish we could try them all, but alas, there is only so much food two people can eat! So far, I love it!

6/6/09
Mr. T picked up the CSA yesterday so I don't have a good picture of the whole stash. We got Swiss Chard, Clipped Red Romaine Lettuce, Scallions, and Kohlrabi. What is kohlrabi, you ask? Well, here's a picture!



I'm sorry for the bad picture. I'm not a photographer by any means anyway, but I broke my camera last night and have to settle for using my phone for the moment.

Since I am starting this blog 3 weeks into CSA season, let me give a quick recap of the last two weeks.

5/30/09
We got:
1 head of bibb lettuce (not quite as big as last week's lettuce but still big)
1 bag of mixed salad greens (even bigger)
1 bunch of kale
1 bunch of radishes
1 bunch of green onions

I loved that this week was pretty different from last week! I've never cooked kale or really done anything with radishes, so this week should be fun. Here's a picture of our haul:



5/23/09
They said it was a light week since it was the very beginning of the season. We got:
1 giant head of lettuce (I mean GIANT)
1 bag of spinach leaves
1 bag of mixed salad greens
1 large bunch of mint

This fit fully into a grocery sack. I used some of the lettuce to make a giant Greek salad for a BBQ on Monday and then the rest for another Greek salad for Mr. T and I later that week (plus some for lunch for me). We got 2 dinner salads out of the mixed greens and 3 big spinach salads out of the spinach. I haven't done anything with the mint yet but I froze it so we can have mojitos sometime.

One thing I noticed that was great was how long everything stayed fresh. We didn't have the spinach until Thursday night, and I know that the spinach I normally buy goes bad in that amount of time. I imagine this must have something to do with how ridiculously fresh the food was and also how much time "normal" produce must waste in the processing and trucking to get it to us.

New Blog!

I was out walking the dogs this morning and decided to start a blog separate from my personal one. This way I don't have to worry about boring people with my ramblings but can still try to get helpful information out into the world. Then I came up with what I thought was a rather clever title. Col-YUM-bus. Hehe. Too cheesy, perhaps. Whatever, I don't care. So, off with my new blog, which will be dedicated to food and drink in Columbus, Ohio. I'll put my CSA reports here, as well as info and opinions about restaurants, bars, cooking, etc. etc. I have a hard time keeping up with my other blog, so hopefully I'll actually be able to keep up with both. :)