Farm Fresh

beets, kale, kale raab, leeks, mushrooms, sunchokes, winter squash

What’s for Dinner?

Just when we’re FINISHED with potatoes and parsnips, a new root seems to be a mainstay in my CSA box line-up. I had to refresh my memory as to what the heck a sun choke was exactly! It’s also known as a Jerusalem artichoke, looks a bit like a knobby ginger root, has a sweet, nutty flavor a bit reminiscent of an artichoke, and can be eaten raw or cooked. It gives the perfect hint of fresh artichokes, which are just around the seasonal bend. It’s a funny-looking “tuber”, and has a nickname I’d rather forget (starts with an “f”; rhymes with artichoke.) So for dinner this week, in addition to some simple yet gourmet homemade pizza, a seafood cioppino feast, a(nother) German celebration, a couple mid-week south-of-the-border sensations, I’ll do some culinary exploration of the sunchoke. I’m hungry already.

Friday – homemade pizza, TV trays, movie

mushroom & pecorino tartufo pizza (Lovely’s Fifty Fifty)

Saturday – seafood aplenty

kale & beet salad (ABC, The Chew)
cioppino (Gourmet)
crusty italian bread

Sunday – across state lines rouladen

german beer

sautéed kale raab (Global Post)
roasted sunchokes (The Kitchn)
rouladen (Gustav’s)

apple sharlotka (Deb Perelman, The Smitten Kitchen)

Monday – whole bowl, real deal

the whole bowl + tali sauce (Sweet Phi)

Tuesday – beans & greens go Mexican

beans ‘n greens burritos (Mark Bittman, Food Matters)

Wednesday – cream of mushroom soup

hungarian mushroom soup (Mollie Katzen, The Moosewood Cookbook)
roasted chicken
baguette

Thursday – more tubers

sunchoke and artichoke heart linguine (Diane Morgan, Roots)

More Menu Musings…