Organics to You December 14, 2009

Today's box from Organics to You contains:

• Lacinato kale (I think my fave type of kale)
  
• Head of green lettuce
  
• more broccoli
• A bunch of lovely carrots, 3 colors
  
• parsnips (yes!)
• turnips
• a yellow onion
  
• 2 bulbs of garlic
• gorgeous red potatoes
• 3 red apples
• 3 green apples
• 2 green pears
• 1 red pear
• 2 oranges
• 2 persimmons (I WILL figure out what to do with those this week)

From last week the fridge still contains:

• yams
• potatoes
  
• some red cabbage
• some shallot
  
• 2 heads of garlic
  
• a leek
• 2 apples
• 1 green pear
• 1 red pear
• 2 oranges
  
• 3 tangerines
• some broccoli stems
  

The Compost Pail of Shame (what I didn't use and had to compost):

• Those green onions

This week will see some simple roasted veggies (yams, parsnips & potatoes) with adzuki beans and I will be remaking the "Tres Hermanas" casserole which features winter squash, pinto beans simmered in adobo & tomatoes, and topped with garlic & cumin polenta. I have been asked to put together the recipe for that dish as well as the Italian version with white beans & fresh basil. I'm also considering a pear/apple cake from a recipe I was sent a few weeks ago. Christie is talking using the gorgeous red potatoes for a dish of mashed up ones (she came up with this cashew creme to add for Thanksgiving - pretty glorious). I've also been hankering for scalloped potatoes soon (maybe next week).