Winter Week 7 Veggie List & Menu

Tale of Two Kales

My apologies for the late posting of our weekly menu. I’ve been rather under the weather, and we’ve been faking it rather than planning it. Bruce has been an enormous help with the cooking. Though it’s a great help to have a meal plan, it’s even better to give it some room for flexibility, since “life happens.” For example, if I’m not up to making the kale dish plus the carrots and parsnips tonight, we’ll save the root veggies for next week and cook up the more perishable kale. Lots of steamed veggies during trying times simplifies food preparation too.

We have two menu “superstars” this week, and everything else is super-simple. First, Audie’s Great Grandma’s Persimmon Cookies made a much-heralded appearance at two potlucks on Saturday. Audie’s dad Bill is our realtor who provided us with a huge amount of persimmons from his yard not too long ago. Check him out if you’re looking for savvy realtor with many years of experience.

Second menu superstar is (not) stuffed cabbage casserole, adapted from a Weight Watcher’s recipe. Both Bruce and I are Polish (though he is only 50%), and I would love to make cabbage leaves like my grandma did, but don’t have time to experiment right now. The original WW casserole uses whole cabbage leaves, wrapped around the filling in one big chunk. This was a bit difficult to cut up into servings, so we’re going to chop the parboiled cabbage and layer it with the filling. We’re making some other changes to reduce fat and flavor it up, which I’ll note when I post our revised recipe.

Be well, everyone!

This week’s veggies:

Apples
Arugula
De Ciccio Broccoli

Romanesco cauliflower
Savoy Cabbage
Carrots
Chard
Lacinato Kale
Red Russian Kale
Lettuce
Red Onions

Parsnips
Raspberry Strawberry Jam

Leftovers: lettuce, yellow onions, cranberries, daikon, cabbage, persimmons, turkey legs, ground turkey, stuffed cabbage casserole, butternut squash, Meyer lemons, pickled tomatoes

Thursday

steamed broccoli

lettuce and preserved tomatoes

leftover turkey legs

Friday

leftover stuffed cabbage casserole

broccoli

Saturday

memorial (lunch) potluck: persimmon chocolate chip cookies

mah jong (dinner) potluck: persimmon chocolate chip cookies

Sunday

turkey burgers

steamed chard

steamed cauliflower

microwaved butternut squash

Monday

mixed kale & arugula  Asian style (with garlic & ginger)

turkey burgers

braised parsnips & carrots

Tuesday

stuffed cabbage casserole

leftover squash

muffins with raspberry-strawberry jam (for Valentine’s Day!)

Wednesday

veggie burgers

leftover veggies