Winter Week 3 Veggie List & Menu

Christmas Pippins from Dan's tree

I won a raffle prize yesterday at the staff meeting at my day job: ½ dozen eggs fresh from the office manager’s chickens! I could use them for seasonal baking, but decided to feature the delicious fresh taste in some variation of frittata instead. It’s been many years since I’ve had eggs this fresh. It was enlightening to learn that our manager cleans up after the chickens every morning, taking care of ”the sh*ttiest job I’ll have to do all day” before she even gets to work…now how many of us can say that? Thank you, Maureen!

Our CSA is on a winter holiday for three weeks, so we’ll be choosing our own veggies the next couple of weeks. In addition to our CSA’s Gala apples, we have Christmas pippins from Bruce’s coworker’s tree, which will be great for baking. And our realtor just dropped off a whole lot of Hachiya persimmons, which I’ll be using for baking and maybe some sweet-sour lentils, once they’re softer.

Despite the darkness of the days, our friends, neighbors, and colleagues are generous in supplying us with food. May we all be so generous with our resources in this season of giving, while also taking care of our own needs for rest and rejuvenation during this time of darkness.

This week’s veggies:

Apples

Carrots

Parsnips

Romanesco Cauliflower

Tatsoi

Red Russian kale

Napa cabbage

Daikon radishes

Leftovers: apples, butternut squash, red onions, ¼ green cabbage, red cabbage, carrots, fennel, steamed arugula, leeks. frozen cranberries

Thursday

tacos

steamed tatsoi

Friday

dinner out

Saturday

Lunch:

frittata with leeks, carrots, mushrooms, greens, and cheese

microwave-steamed butternut squash

Dinner: Potluck, bring Flourless Dark Night Cake & Berries in Light Honey Sauce

Sunday

Lunch:

leftover frittata and butternut squash

Dinner:

Roasted turkey thighs

oven-braised parsnips

carrot-raisin peanut salad
baked apples

Monday

leftover turkey

Mom’s coleslaw

leftover veggies

Tuesday

braised fennel with tomatoes

turkey burgers or veggie burgers

roasted or steamed cauliflower

Wednesday

leftovers