Category Archives: Salads

Mache and Claytonia

Posted on December 7, 2020 by mo

This week you will have a choice of getting a mix of claytonia and mache in your CSA share. You probably have never heard of these greens unless you have grown them yourself. I have never seen them for sale … Continue reading →

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Grilled Hakurei Turnips with Lemon Cream

Posted on June 15, 2020 by mo

Last week I posted a recipe from one of my favorite cookbooks, Six Seasons. I, like you, have a lot of Hakurei turnips in my life right now and I was trying to think of something different to do with them … Continue reading →

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Green Salad with Herb Buttermilk Dressing

Posted on July 2, 2019 by mo

I love a big fat satisfying salad. I love to make full meals with just my CSA share. I have made this twice this week for dinner and all we added was bread and cheese one day, the other day … Continue reading →

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Kale Tabbouleh

Posted on May 27, 2019 by mo

I wanted to make a Tabbouleh salad to take to a BBQ tonight. Usually tabbouleh is made with parsley, cucumbers and tomatoes. I looked in the refrigerator to see what I had and I didn’t have any of the those … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019, Greens, Herbs, Kale, Recipes, Salads | 1 Comment

Brown Butter Tomatoes and Corn

Posted on August 20, 2018 by mo

Last year a CSA member (hi Merrill!) told me she made a dish that knocked her socks off, it was just tomatoes and brown butter. I thought about it a few times and never made it until yesterday. Oh, my. … Continue reading →

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Potato and Green Bean Gribiche, Mexican Street Corn, and Fresh Corn Polenta

Posted on August 20, 2018 by mo

I made these dishes with my wonderful CSA bounty. They are all super simple, with only a few pantry ingredients and the CSA vegetables we have. These all were so good I wanted to share them. Gribiche sauce is French … Continue reading →

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Corn, Bean and Barley Salad

Posted on July 30, 2018 by mo

  I made this for a neighborhood potluck we had this weekend and it was a big hit. Even my husband said ‘this salad is really, really good’. He’s never said that about a salad-ever. He is meat and potatoes … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018, Beans, Corn, Recipes, Salads | 2 Comments

Kale Caesar Salad

Posted on July 23, 2018 by mo

Last week I posted one of my favorite ‘go-to’ meals. So I thought why not post another? I make this dressing and salad so often I have my ingredients and notes on making it taped on the inside of my … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018, Kale, Recipes, Salads | 2 Comments

Beets Stewed in Wine (a warm beet salad)

Posted on July 2, 2018 by mo

Boy is this a tasty way to cook beets. Stewing beets in wine brings out the earthy rich flavor of the beets. I usually roast beets in the oven, however, as hot as it has been I didn’t want to … Continue reading →

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Kohlrabi Turnip Salad with Tahini Dressing

Posted on June 11, 2018 by mo

If you aren’t familiar with kohlrabi you might want to have a quick look here. Basically kohlrabi is a brassica that taste like a tender peeled broccoli stem and the texture is more like an apple. If you haven’t had … Continue reading →

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