As you may know, I have some things on my mind. The longer it goes on the more difficult it is to function normally. We still receive a small box of organic produce every other week. Here is what we received in our box this week. I looked at it and thought, “Oh nice.” But not my normal “Ooooooo, what can I do with this and that? I can do this . . . . . I can do that . . . . ” So I was thinking that perhaps you can help me. I know many of you are good cooks so I was thinking you could give me some ideas on what to with all these lovely fruits and veggies.
Rainbow chard
radishes
grapefruit
carrots
kiwis
white spring onions
apples
There is some rainbow chard. What do you do with that? I usually saute it with a little olive oil, garlic, and onions. More like than not I add it to some ground turkey and then we eat it like that or it can be put on top of rice or put inside a tortilla. Can chard be roasted/baked like kale? Making chard chips?
What about radishes? Are there anything to do with them, but put them in salads? That is what I do with them, put them in salads.
What about grapefruit? Doesn’t seem like my husband or I like them? What do you do with it?
The asparagus is gone. I roasted it. It was really thick so I peeled the bottom. I was actually cooking four other things in the oven so I had to use a smaller pan than normal to cook the asparagus so I cut it in half. The bottom portion I also sliced in half. It was yummy. I love asparagus. I am certain I will receive more, so maybe I should get your ideas on how to cook that now.
What about carrots? Again I put them in salads, raw. What about you? I don’t like them candied, so that is a recipe I can skip.
How about kiwis? Do you just eat them? My husband just eat them. They are another thing I would put on salads. Do you have others ideas on how to use them?
Ooooooo and the new-to-me white spring onions. Should they be cooked whole and eaten that way or used as I would a regular onion?
What about apples? Seems as if we get them in every box? Sometimes they just stack up. I like really CRISP sweet apples and some times the apples we get are not crisp – they are the mushy kind – so I don’t like to just eat them. Last night I used one I had from the last box to make my hubby a “Porky-Pork Chop”. What do you do with hem? I guess I could just bake ’em, huh?
I also know that I can use the carrot greens in a smoothie but I have never done that. Can the radish greens be used too?
So help me out. Think for me because with this whole process dragging on I am starting to get a little worn out and the everyday things are not so everyday.
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