Farm Fresh

beets, cabbage, collard greens, leeks, mushrooms

What’s for Dinner?

People are always asking me, ‘What the heck do you get in your CSA in the winter?!?” Have I mentioned the wonderful winter fruit that arrives each week? SO many varieties of tasty local apples and pears. These are not what I plan my dinners around, certainly, but sure do make a nice fruit salad at breakfast, a perfect snack, and an every-day lunch box treat. Not to mention regular dinner-time additions to salads. And PIES! But the mainstay CSA delivery is lots and lots of those gorgeous veggies – sometimes a little less kale and a little more cabbage or chard; sometimes a little less beets and a little more parsnips or celeriac. But the great thing is, we never feel like we’re eating the same thing over and over again. The veggie combinations and preparations are endless. This week, with inspiration from the New Seasons Market Flyer, I’m tossing a dash of zesty citrus into each dinner…a little bit of a de-winterizer in these dark January days.

Friday – portland pizza ‘fest, plus

olympic provisions salami, tillamook & rogue creamery cheese
sliced apple & pear
baguette

beet, arugula, lemon gorgonzola salad (Bon Appetit)

pizza sampling…apizza scholls, ken’s artisan, dove vive

ruby jewel ice cream

Saturday – get your vitamin C 

fish tacos with cabbage slaw (The Kitchn)

blood orange margaritas (Deb Perleman, Smitten Kitchen)

Sunday – pie day prep

mushroom marsala pasta bake (Deb Perleman, Smitten Kitchen)

key lime pie (Deb Perleman, Smitten Kitchen)

Monday – collard greens, for the hal-ib-ut

collard greens mineira (Serious Eats)
halibut with lemon butter (Giadda De Laurentiis, Food Network)
baguette

Tuesday – a little taste of sunshine

creamy polenta with braised greens & mushrooms (Patch.com)
orange sage pork chops

Wednesday – cabbage & curry

green curry chicken and cabbage with lime (BBC Good Food)
white rice

Thursday – sammie night

roasted beet, goat cheese, & citrus panini (Williams Sonoma)

More Menu Musings…