Farm Food From 9/28 & My First Big Cook

The food we got at last week's share was so pretty that I had to photograph it. My goal every week is to wash all the veggies then store them. This doesn't always happen the way I want it but this last week I was able to do it. We received a lot of greens so my salad spinner got a good workout. Here are the pics:

One kitchen counter covered with veggies

Closer photo of veggies

Sugarloaf Chicory
I had never had this before, delish! It's like endive and is tasty with pears and blue cheese dressing. Yummy.Did you know brussel spouts grow on a stalk?!?! Never knew this until last week. I thought it looked pretty cool....haven't tried them yet though.

I also had my first Big Cook this past weekend. What is a Big Cook? A term coined by my friend and her sister-in-law which means to cook your week's worth of dinners over the weekend, freeing up more time during the weeknights. It's a cool concept but I am far from mastering it. Here's their blogspot to read more about the Big Cook: http://thebigcook.blogspot.com/

So I made two meals over the weekend since I had some other meals in the freezer and one meal cooked by hubby (ROCK ON HUBBY!). I made Chicken Pot Pie Soup (doubled it and froze half) and Pork & Fennel Ragu - both meals made from food from the CSA farms. I also was able to cut up my cooking pumpkin from the farm share last week (which was used for my husband's dinner, "Pumpkin, Sage and Chile Risotto") and roasted my delciata squash to be used at a later date.

I have linked the recipe for the ragu on the sidebar and above. This recipe is off of someone elses blog but it's the same recipe I have that I got from an old Cooking Light magazine. For the Chicken Pot Pie Soup recipe? Well, that one I have in a obscure recipe magazine so if you want it, just request it via a "comment" and then I'll post it later (am I being too lazy...YES!).

By the way, I have to comment here on the delicata squash. This squash is SOOOOO tasty and sweet. I can't wait to use it in a soup or just as a side. I read a interesting recipe to add lime butter to it and just eat it. Also it looks like the Wednesday Chef has a nice delicata puree recipe, too.

I'm off to read a simplified article about the "Bailout" that my hubby sent me. Oy, what a mess! And I suppose I should go eat some lunch. Don't they recommend going to the grocery store full and not on an empty stomach? I guess the same goes for blogging about food (I can't stop writing about it and I'm getting hungry!).

Ciao for now.