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    Creamy Polenta with Shrimp Ragout This was definitely one of the best things we’ve ever made. Andrea made a creamy polenta with CSA corn, butter, and cheese. Shrimp was seasoned with salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, olive oil, and sriracha. Sauce is tomato paste, white wine, onions, garlic, and sriracha, reduced and then used to simmer the shrimp. Pretty simple but super delicious. I think I might be getting better at not over-complicating things by adding everything in our cupboard to the pan. 

    Creamy Polenta with Shrimp Ragout

    This was definitely one of the best things we’ve ever made. Andrea made a creamy polenta with CSA corn, butter, and cheese. Shrimp was seasoned with salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, olive oil, and sriracha. Sauce is tomato paste, white wine, onions, garlic, and sriracha, reduced and then used to simmer the shrimp. Pretty simple but super delicious. I think I might be getting better at not over-complicating things by adding everything in our cupboard to the pan. 

     

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    Team Andrea/Tom Pumpkin and Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese Andrea’s amazing mac & cheese with large elbow pasta stuffed with several cheeses and a mix of roasted squash and pumpkin.

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    Pumpkin and Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese

    Andrea’s amazing mac & cheese with large elbow pasta stuffed with several cheeses and a mix of roasted squash and pumpkin.

     

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    Butternut Squash Soup

    I love fall for football, cool weather, and Andrea’s butternut squash soup. She’ll have to give you the recipe, but I know there are pears and it’s delicious.

    Note: the photos from this and our previous post are terrible because our camera was out of batteries so I used my ipod touch. I should have just used hipstamatic so they’d look retro instead of out of focus and poorly lit.

     

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    Roasted Carrots and Parsnips

    Nothing fancy here, but roasted parsnips may be my new favorite thing. Chopped into shards (the sharper they are, the more they caramelize along the edges), and roasted with some whole garlic cloves, olive oil, a little honey, and salt/pepper.

     

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    Team Andrea/Tom Stir Fry Beef and Veggies This was the inaugural use of the wok that Kathy and Brian got Andrea for her wedding shower! I chopped up some skirt steak, marinaded it in a mixture of soy sauce, siracha, honey and spices, then tossed it in some corn starch. I cooked it in the wok for a bit with some vegetable oil and a dash of sesame chili oil, removed, and added the veggies and the rest of the marinade. CSA veggies included garlic, broccoli, carrots, and bok choy. Added the beef back to finish and served over broad noodles. I’ve found that, while not super creative or fancy, stir fry is a really delicious way to use a bunch of CSA veggies at once.

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    Stir Fry Beef and Veggies

    This was the inaugural use of the wok that Kathy and Brian got Andrea for her wedding shower! I chopped up some skirt steak, marinaded it in a mixture of soy sauce, siracha, honey and spices, then tossed it in some corn starch. I cooked it in the wok for a bit with some vegetable oil and a dash of sesame chili oil, removed, and added the veggies and the rest of the marinade. CSA veggies included garlic, broccoli, carrots, and bok choy. Added the beef back to finish and served over broad noodles.

    I’ve found that, while not super creative or fancy, stir fry is a really delicious way to use a bunch of CSA veggies at once.

     

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    Purple-Looking but Awesome-Tasting Sandwiches

    Andrea made these great sandwiches that look kinda purple but were really delicious. They have roasted eggplant, roasted red peppers, freshly made pesto with the purple basil, and mozzarella. Served with a side of fries made with CSA potatoes!

     

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    Team Erin/Brian Colorful Summer Salad CSA Ingredients: Tomato, Picked Beets, Arugula So I told ya’ll I’m obsessed with ginger pickled beets right? I make a huge can of ‘em and we put them on EVERYTHING for two weeks until it’s time to make a new batch. This may or may not be the only way that BC and I like beets. And we may never know otherwise. Last night we had pickled beets on our beef burgers and today I mixed fresh arugula, tomato, red onion and the beets for a super happy, colorful summer salad. I didn’t even use dressing, there was already enough going on. We have possibly gotten into a CSA rut. We basically make salads with meat on them. Really simple and easy. And we sure loved our sweet corn. I worked my CSA shift the week we had them and got to take home like 12 ears (of which all we ate.) Right now, I’ve got more beets, eggplant and cabbage in my fridge and no plans with how to use them. Let’s hope I get some creative cooking inspiration before dinnertime! 

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    Colorful Summer Salad

    CSA Ingredients: Tomato, Picked Beets, Arugula

    So I told ya’ll I’m obsessed with ginger pickled beets right? I make a huge can of ‘em and we put them on EVERYTHING for two weeks until it’s time to make a new batch. This may or may not be the only way that BC and I like beets. And we may never know otherwise. Last night we had pickled beets on our beef burgers and today I mixed fresh arugula, tomato, red onion and the beets for a super happy, colorful summer salad. I didn’t even use dressing, there was already enough going on.

    We have possibly gotten into a CSA rut. We basically make salads with meat on them. Really simple and easy. And we sure loved our sweet corn. I worked my CSA shift the week we had them and got to take home like 12 ears (of which all we ate.) Right now, I’ve got more beets, eggplant and cabbage in my fridge and no plans with how to use them. Let’s hope I get some creative cooking inspiration before dinnertime! 

     

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    Team Andrea/Tom No Frills Salad with Sesame Soy Dressing CSA Ingredients: lettuce, onion, carrots, garlic, cucumbers, cilantro Ok, this is pretty basic, but I thought I should add it since it probably used the most CSA ingredients yet. I chopped the lettuce roughly, sliced the onion very thin, grated the carrots, and added peeled slices from 2 whole cucumbers. The dressing is vegetable and sesame oil, soy sauce, honey, siracha, chopped garlic, cider vinegar, and cilantro. Served with some wonderful filets of striped bass Andrea pan-fried and finished in the oven (in a bit of a twist, she cooked the protein tonight and I made the salad). In my opinion it could have used a little something extra, like some nuts or croutons, but Andrea gave it high praise.

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    No Frills Salad with Sesame Soy Dressing

    CSA Ingredients: lettuce, onion, carrots, garlic, cucumbers, cilantro

    Ok, this is pretty basic, but I thought I should add it since it probably used the most CSA ingredients yet. I chopped the lettuce roughly, sliced the onion very thin, grated the carrots, and added peeled slices from 2 whole cucumbers. The dressing is vegetable and sesame oil, soy sauce, honey, siracha, chopped garlic, cider vinegar, and cilantro. Served with some wonderful filets of striped bass Andrea pan-fried and finished in the oven (in a bit of a twist, she cooked the protein tonight and I made the salad). In my opinion it could have used a little something extra, like some nuts or croutons, but Andrea gave it high praise.

     

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    Team Andrea/Tom Pesto Gnocchi with Roasted Tomatoes CSA Ingredients used: Basil, Tomato, Garlic The first tomatoes of the summer are finally here! It’s still early, so we only got 2 this week, which was just enough to add some flavorful, roasted, acidic goodness to a delicious pesto Andrea made with this week’s basil. We also got some amazing garlic, and just smelling the cloves set this apart from your standard bodega garlic. This was some of the best pesto I’ve ever had.

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    Pesto Gnocchi with Roasted Tomatoes

    CSA Ingredients used: Basil, Tomato, Garlic

    The first tomatoes of the summer are finally here! It’s still early, so we only got 2 this week, which was just enough to add some flavorful, roasted, acidic goodness to a delicious pesto Andrea made with this week’s basil. We also got some amazing garlic, and just smelling the cloves set this apart from your standard bodega garlic. This was some of the best pesto I’ve ever had.

     

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    Team Andrea/Tom Summer Squash Salad: Part 2 CSA Ingredients used: Squash With a ton more summer squash coming in this week, Andrea decided to make the squash salad with greek yogurt and tarragon dressing again this week. As promised, we decided to add a little protein this time, so there’s some chopped prosciutto in there as well.

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    Summer Squash Salad: Part 2

    CSA Ingredients used: Squash

    With a ton more summer squash coming in this week, Andrea decided to make the squash salad with greek yogurt and tarragon dressing again this week. As promised, we decided to add a little protein this time, so there’s some chopped prosciutto in there as well.