Modified from original recipe found on bigoven.com 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1/2 cup sugar [organic cane, raw, something good] 1/2 tsp. baking soda 2 tsp. baking powder 2 tsp. ground ginger 1/2 tsp. salt 1/4 cup butter [half a stick] 1 cup milk 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1 [...]
Kohlrabi bulbs butter salt nutmeg sugar (optional) Peel kohlrabi bulbs and cut into thin slices (about 1/8th inch), then crosswise into 'sticks'. Melt some butter in a hot skillet, add kohlrabi and saute, stirring often, until beginning to brown. Salt to taste, and sprinkle with a little grated nutmeg and optional sugar if not sweet [...]
2 tbsp. butter 1 medium onion, chopped 1 lb. kohlrabi bulbs, peeled and chopped 2 1/2 C vegetable stock 2 1/2 C milk 1 bay leaf Salt and black pepper Kohlrabi leaves chiffonade (optional) for garnish Melt butter in a large pan with a lid. Add onions and cook gently until soft, about 10 minutes. [...]
Here’s a recipe I found online from Riverford Organic Vegetables, a CSA equivalent program in the UK. We likely won't get 2 lbs. of kohlrabi in our shares, but you can use this recipe to give you ideas. Me, I could see adding sliced fennel to take up the slack in kohlrabi quantities. Preparation Time: [...]
from an undated Bon Appetit clipping Ingredients: 2 lbs. strawberries, halved if large 1 lb. rhubarb, cut into 3/4-inch pieces 3/4 C sugar 3 tbsp. minced crystallized ginger 1 tbsp. fresh lime juice 3/4 tsp. grated lime peel Directions: Place 1 1/2 lbs. strawberries and rhubarb in medium pot. Mix in sugar, ginger, lime juice [...]
Ingredients: 1/3 C water 2/3 C sugar 2 pints ripe strawberries, rinsed & hulled Directions: Bring water and sugar to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and let cool. (This makes 1 cup; it may be refrigerated up to 2 weeks.) Puree the strawberries in a food processor. [...]
This was a solstice recipe, but no member name was written on it, so we don't know who to credit this to! Dry ingredients: 2 C flour 1 ½ C uncooked rolled oats ¾ C sugar 3 ½ tsp. baking powder ½ tsp. salt ½ tsp. ground cinnamon Wet ingredients: 1 ½ C milk or [...]
I read the most wonderful book recently entitled An Everlasting Meal by Tamar Adler. (Oodles of thanks go out to CSA member Cynthia Fan, who recommended it to me! I am forever grateful.) If you can find it at your local library, check it out -- you won't be sorry. That's what I did, and [...]
Do you like real cucumber pickles? Not the "quick pickles" made with a hot vinegar solution and canning, but the really yummy kind you get out of a barrel at the deli? Well those are made by fermentation, and I made a happy discovery last year that turnips, radishes and celery root ferment into the [...]
Got leeks piling up? Are they weighing on your conscience 'cuz you're not getting around to using them? Need a nuclear option? As Rebecca's recipes will attest, there are plenty of ways to use them, but when you find yourself with a backlog, sometimes you have to take decisive action to reduce the population, as [...]
