CSA Week 23

No share last week because of Hurricane Sandy, so this week's share and subsequent ones will be a little bigger.

Vegetables: 1 bunch leeks, 1 head radicchio, 1 large bunch mustard greens, 1/2 pound green string beans, 1 head red leaf lettuce, 2 pounds green peppers, 2 pounds sweet potatoes, 1 large butternut squash (about 2 pounds)
Fruit: 7 pounds apples

Here's what I'm making:

• Sweet potato, red lentil, and quinoa sliders with lettuce, tomato, and harissa and roasted garlic mayo
• Linguine with leeks, radicchio, and walnut pesto (based on this recipe)
• Penne with pesto, potatoes, and green beans (I put up a few jars of pesto at the end of the summer using basil from my mom's garden)
• Salad of lettuce, roasted butternut squash, French lentils, dried cranberries, maple-sage walnuts, pecorino, and fresh-pressed apple cider dressing
• Garam masala butternut squash seeds
• Waffles with apples and maple syrup
• Caramel apple mini pies (5" little ones!)
• Spiced apple cider

CSA Week 21

Vegetables: 1 bunch scallions, 1 bunch red bok choy, 1/2 pound yellow string beans, 1 head red leaf lettuce, 1 pound Japanese eggplant, 1 pound green peppers, 2 pounds sweet potatoes
Fruit: 7 pounds apples

Here's what I made:

• Green beans, green pepers, and onions with panang curry paste
• Bok choy with ginger, garlic, black pepper, and silken tofu
• Steamed eggplant with garlic, red chile, and black soy sauce
• Salad of lettuce, roasted sweet potatoes, French lentils, dried cherries, toasted pecans, and pomegranate molasses vinaigrette
• Waffles with apples and maple syrup

CSA Week 20

Another small share like last week, but the upcoming weeks promise a bit more.

Vegetables: 1 head romaine lettuce, 1 pint grape tomatoes, 2 pounds sweet potatoes, 1/2 pound edamame, 1 large bunch senposai

Fruit: 7 pounds apples (honeycrisp, golden delicious, and gala)

Here's what I made:

• Salads with apples, blue cheese, and walnuts
• Boiled edamame with shichimi togarashi
• Semolina gnocchi with braised senposai, black pepper, and pecorino
• Sweet potato fries (to go with some homemade black bean burgers)
• Steel-cut oats and quinoa with apples, honey, and sunflower seeds (gluten-free and vegan!)
• Mini apple pies

Cardamom Madeleines

It seems like madeleines are all the rage right now. I’ve been sitting on this recipe for months and of course when I come back to post it, I see recipes for madeleines everywhere!



If you’re not familiar with them, madeleines are French cookies that are really more like little cakes. Best served warm from the oven, they have a lightly crisp exterior that gives way to a light, spongy, interior that is redolent of butter and should be barely sweet, just so to make them the perfect companion for afternoon tea.