This is a recipe we ran in the AJC last January. I thought it was absolutely delicious – a nice variation from more traditional chicken soups.
Poached Chicken with Bok Choy
Recipes
Sweet Potato and Chile Hash with Fried Eggs
This recipe came from Fine Cooking magazine about a decade ago. You can whip up the mayonnaise any time and use it for all kinds of purposes. The recipe looks like it has a lot of ingredients, but adapt it to what’s in the pantry. Do you still have a few jalapenos hanging around? Perfect. No red pepper, leave it out. Cook the eggs anyway you like, although fried eggs would be traditional.
Rutabaga Home Fries
I found this recipe In Sheri Castle’s book “”The New Southern Garden Cookbook: Enjoying the Best from Homegrown Gardens, Farmers’ Markets, Roadside Stands, and CSA Farm Boxes” (University of North Carolina Press, $35). This is a recipe she wrote for sweet potatoes – but could be adapted for parsnips, carrots, pumpkin or winter squash as well as for rutabagas. Rosemary is winter hardy and your rutabagas will keep, wrapped in plastic, in the refrigerator for a couple of weeks, so you can enjoy this dish later this month or perhaps even in January.
Collard Green-Olive Pesto
One of the ways many of us preserve a bounty of basil is by making pesto. How about adapting that idea for the collard greens in this week’s box so you can enjoy them for another few weeks? Stir it into pasta, add some to a batch of field peas, serve it as bruschetta at your next party.
It seems this is an idea that’s been around for a while. Here’s one version I found adapted from a recipe originally in Gourmet magazine in 2004. Now you can adapt it to suit your taste.
Macerated Collard Greens with Ham
One more idea from Jason Paolini. You see raw kale salad recipes by the dozens. Why not something similar with collards? You could make this with ham, speck or prosciutto, or just serve the salad without any pork at all.
Kohlrabi and Rutabaga Gratin
This is another recipe from Jason Paolini, a variation on classic scalloped potatoes. Jason prepared this with kohlrabi and potatoes. I think kohlrabi and rutabaga would be a lovely combination.
Savory Sweet Potatoes
This idea for sweet potatoes comes from closer to home. Lisa Rochon is a New Orleans-born chef and caterer who has a booth at the Peachtree Road Farmers Market. This recipe is one she demonstrated in November as an alternative to the traditional “sweet” sweet potato side dish. Lisa sells her fine herbes mixture at the market. You can find similar mixes at the store, or you can substitute something else. Fine herbes are traditionally a mixture of parsley, chives, chervil and tarragon.
Kohlrabi and Turnip Slaw
I mentioned before that I’ve become a big fan of kohlrabi in slaw. Here’s a recipe demonstrated at the Peachtree Road Farmers Market by Jason Paolini of Restaurant Eugene and Holeman & Finch. No crème fraiche? You could use sour cream or yogurt or, yes, even mayonnaise. No turnips? Just leave them out, maybe adding another carrot.
Sweet Potato Soup with Ginger, Leek and Apple
For one idea I’ve gone to my favorite source, the New York Times. Just today Martha Rose Shulman presented this recipe for Sweet Potato Soup With Ginger, Leek and Apple. Because I’m not a fan of leeks (too expensive to just have lying around waiting for a recipe), I’ll substitute an onion. Stronger/different flavor, I know … but that’s ok with me. Everything else is something I have on hand. My preferred kind of recipe.
Sautéed Broccoli and Bok Choy
The trick to cooking bok choy is understanding that the thick stems need different treatment from the thin leaves. This recipe takes all that into account.