Recipes

(2021) Crispy Smashed Beets With Garlic, Scallions and Chile

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Was anyone else excited to see beets in our box this week? I’ve missed beets this year and have been hoping we’d see a few before the weather turned too hot. I found the recipe below in the Washington Post – Crispy Smashed Beets with Garlic, Scallions, and Chile. Since I’ve become a big fan of roasting potatoes this way (surely potatoes will be in our boxes soon) and wanted to try the idea with beets. It’s an adaption of a recipe in Gregory Gourdet’s cookbook, “Everyone’s Table” (Harper Wave, 2021). The box has beets, garlic and green onions. All you need is the chile pepper – and that, you can skip and use red pepper flakes instead. Our bunches of beets are big smaller than 2 pounds, but that’s ok. Just cut the recipe down.

(2021) Grilled Whole Cauliflower with Miso Mayo

Published at In Category cauliflower, Recipes

Last week I wrote about grilled cauliflower with a beer-raisin sauce. This week I’m back with another grilled cauliflower idea – but this one has a miso-mayo sauce – down at the bottom of this message. It’s from Epicurious and I’m looking forward to it for Memorial Day weekend. Or you could just roast your cauliflower. These heads have been so sweet they would be delicious prepared as simply as possible.

(2021) Strawberry Basil Pop

Published at In Category Recipes, strawberries

The strawberry-basil pop recipe came from a story on King of Pops: https://www.ajc.com/lifestyles/food–cooking/making-frozen-pops-atlanta/EEbzUR1eBsM3q3q93J6ulO/

King of Pops uses organic evaporated cane juice to sweeten its pops. They prefer this non-refined, unbleached sweetener since they find it has a richer flavor than plain granulated sugar. Either can be used in this recipe.

(2020) Tin Drum Asian Kitchen’s Spring Roll Lettuce Wrap with Chili Lime Vinaigrette

Published at In Category Recipes, Sweet Potatoes

Except for the lettuce leaves and spring rolls, all the other quantities are suggested and can be modified to your household’s taste. Want to try these with basil leaves? Add some slivered mango or apple? All delicious. Crispy fried shallots are available at Asian markets, or you may want to try your hand at making your own. They’re just very thinly fried shallots, deep fried in canola oil until crisp.

(2020) Roasted Sweet Potato and Delicata Squash with Cranberry Agrodolce

Published at In Category Delicata Squash, Recipes, Sweet Potatoes

You’ve probably got your Thanksgiving menu planned, but if not, here’s a recipe I saw in Epicurious today. I have two delicata still sitting, so I’m making this for Thanksgiving here (definitely cutting this recipe way, way down for our downsized dinner). The tart of the cranberries with the bite of red wine vinegar and the sweetness of sugar – this sounds like a dish that’s right up my alley. If there’s no delicata squash left at your house, butternut would work great.

(2020) Baby Bok Choy With Oyster Sauce

Published at In Category Bok Choy, Recipes

Sam Sifton’s note: This is among the easiest, most flavorful preparations of greens imaginable, and it pairs beautifully with almost any vaguely Asian roasted meat or fish. It is also exceptional on its own, with rice. You could swap out the bok choy for broccoli, if that’s all you have, or chard, or beet greens.

Conne’s note: Or Napa cabbage!