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Roasted Hatch Potato Salad with Tuna
I was stuck at home today, and just before leaving to walk out in the rain for a long, cold, wet trek to get some lunch, I decided to poke around and see what we had on hand. I knew we still had a few potatoes left from the CSA box, and when I spotted […]
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Risotto with Corn and Chantrelles
Mushrooms are showing up everywhere lately, and this recipe from The Mushroom Lover’s Cookbook looked like a good delivery device for chantrelles… not to mention, our first attempt at making risotto! (Stir, stir, stir… ) The corn and mushroom flavors really complemented each other, and the risotto went really well with our Cinque Terre wine, […]
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Fideos a la Catalana, and GO OBAMA!
In tonight’s dish, adapted from Fresh Spanish, chicken sausage is cooked with garlic, onions, and tomatoes, and mixed with a short pasta for a hearty main course. Use fideo if you can find it, but if not, vermicelli or thin spaghetti broken into short lengths will work. Chris says: Well I’m going to complain about […]
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Caribbean Vegetable Stew
Another great way to use our CSA veggies tonight: a very colorful, unusual stew with strong flavors of lime and cilantro along side sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and okra. This recipe comes from the vegetarian recipe book The Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home. Lisa says: Wow, that’s really limey…Â Chris says: See? And we get criticism […]
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Red Chileatole with Mushrooms, Corn, Peppers, and Chicken
This is a perfect recipe to adapt to the vegetables you happen to have on hand. Our CSA box came loaded with corn on the cob and mushrooms, so I modified a recipe from Rick Bayless’s Mexican Everyday to use the fresh vegetables of the day. As the book suggests, one of the great things […]