Organics to You December 21, 2009

Today's Solstice box from Organics to You contains:

• Head of green lettuce
  
• more broccoli
• A bunch of lovely carrots
  
• celery (good, since I finally did run out)
  
• green beans
  
• a yellow onion
  
• 2 bulbs of shallot
• a red onion
  
• gorgeous red potatoes
• 4 Pinova apples
• 3 Bosc pears
  
• 3 green pears
• 3 red pears
• 3 oranges
• 4 Satsumas
• a small bag of walnuts and chestnuts
  

From last week the fridge still contains:

• red potatoes
  
• some red cabbage
• a couple of carrots
• 1/4 yellow onion
  
• 2 heads of garlic
  
• 1 1/2 green apples
• 2 green pears
• 3 oranges
• 2 persimmons
• some lettuce
• 2 turnips
  
• some broccoli stems & one crown
• a tomato
  

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

• Some more persimmons from earlier
• an orange
  

Last week saw a whole mess of roasted veggies: parsnips (which I adore and Christie wasn't entirely wild about), Brussels sprouts (from New Seasons), potatoes, garlic, yams & onion. I made my Tres Hermanas (3 Sisters) casserole, but didn't get a recipe since in the making I discovered that our pressure cooker was broke! Turned out well, regardless. Miso soup with broccoli & leek was made Saturday night with the amazing, and local, Jorinji chickpea miso. I also made a quick, delicious hash of kale, potatoes, tomato & tempeh. We also enjoyed some tempeh, lettuce & tomato sandwiches yesterday for lunch. I did make my miso, squash stew this past week, but many of the ingredients came from either our garden (the squash) and New Seasons (the Napa cabbage).

This week - More miso soup has been requested. I'm thinking a big broccoli stir-fry to pair with the wholly intriguing lemongrass/chili fried tofu from Thanh Son we picked up at Uwajimaya on Saturday. Lasagna for Christmas Eve (strangly enough, this became a family tradition at some point during my childhood). Scalloped potatoes are high on my list for this week and the green beans are going to get a nice saute instead of going into a casserole this time.