Someone recently told me they've really been enjoying the recipes and menu plans I've posted with my produce delivery, so I'm going to try to make that a regular "feature".
For those who may be stopping by for the first time, my family receives a weekly delivery of local, organic produce - similar to a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). We began doing this as a way to support local farmers; get fresher, organic food; and to do a small part to reduce our reliance on "big agriculture" and long-distance shipped food.
So, this week we received lovely zucchini, broccoli, carrots, apples, tangerines (not so local), and mushrooms:
Here are the recipes I plan on using (see following posts for the individual recipes):
Zucchini Garden Chowder
served with lots of warm, buttery corn bread
Summer Squash Bake
served with a fruit salad and rosemary bread
Baked Maple Barbeque Chicken
served with a side of steamed broccoli and rosemary bread
All these recipes come from a great little seasonal cookbook from the Mennonite community:
I'll still have lots of carrots to use. Some will get cut into "matchsticks" for the kids to snack on and if I get really energetic, I just might make hubby a homemade carrot cake!
Anyone have any ideas on a frosting to use on carrot cake other than the usual cream cheese frosting? Hubby is watching his cholesterol.
Also: Go visit my friend "Two Square Meals" - she's also cooking locally!
Thursday, April 3, 2008
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6 comments:
I LOVE your recipes! Keep them coming!!
I'm so glad you are enjoying them, Amy!
what great recipes! I have several blogging friends who are part of a CSA, it sounds very interesting.
Kerry,
We just sprinkle it with powdered sugar for those who can't tolerate the cream cheese. =)
Annie
Annie - that sounds like a great idea! Thank you for sharing that!
I'm a big fan of tofutti's fake cream cheese; I don't know how it would do in a frosting. The summer squash bake sounds really yummy.
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