3 Responses to “On The Table June 28 2007”

1. Notorious Liz Says:
   June 30th, 2007 at 9:28 am

   Portuguese Sausage-Kale Soup
   6 ounces linguica/chorizo, sliced
   1 large onion, chopped
   1 large clove garlic, chopped
   1 teaspoon olive oil
   1 pound fresh kale, washed, or 1 package (10 ounces) frozen chopped kale, thawed and drained
   2 cans (13 3/4 ounces each) reduced-sodium chicken broth
   4 cups water
   2 carrots, sliced
   1 teaspoon dried leaf marjoram, crumbled
   1/2 teaspoon salt
   1/8 teaspoon pepper
   1/2 cup uncooked long-grain brown rice (or quinoa)

   Saute kielbasa, onion and garlic in oil in large pot over medium-low heat until tender, about 10 minutes.

   If using fresh kale, cut off stems and slice into 1/2-inch pieces. Keep stem pieces separate. Coarsely chop fresh leaves.

   Add to the pot the chicken broth, 4 cups water, carrot, marjoram, salt, pepper and sliced fresh kale stems or frozen kale, if using. Bring to boiling. Lower heat; cover and cook for 15 minutes longer. If using fresh kale, add the leaves at this point along with the rice to the pot. Bring to boiling. Lower the heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until the rice is tender.

2. Notorious Liz Says:
   June 30th, 2007 at 9:30 am

   INGREDIENTS
   3 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth (you can use veggie stock too!)
   1 1/2 pounds zucchini
   1 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon
   3/4 cup shredded reduced-fat Cheddar cheese
   1/4 teaspoon salt
   1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

   DIRECTIONS
   Place broth, zucchini and tarragon (or dill) in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce to a simmer and cook, uncovered, until the zucchini is tender, 7 to 10 minutes. Puree in a blender (see Tip), in batches if necessary, until smooth. Return the soup to the pan and heat over medium-high, slowly stirring in cheese until it is incorporated. Remove from heat and season with salt and pepper. Serve hot or chilled.

3. Margaret Says:
   July 2nd, 2007 at 9:22 pm

   this is too funny! (or maybe it is you… it has been me!)
   The Sunday Daily News carried a magazine which had an article entitled CSA and the City, by Tamar Haspel.
   This article appears to have been written in 2006, as the July 1st publication date mentions “July deliveries”.
   Although Haskel’s CSA offered her a half-share, she chose the full share, feeling that her family was a group of serious vegetable eaters. or “vegisimo”.
   Promptly, in the article, Haskel notes that, by July, her family was overwhelmed with the vegetables they were receiving. and she felt challenged with every delivery.

   BEEN THERE! DONE THAT!
   First, I figured how many ways to do salad. (I’m really good with beet greens, kale, collards, and other dark leafy greens, but I am just not a salad person….)
   All those radishes???? (let me count the ways — I went on-line — Although I am into raw foods, I saw even recipes for cooked radishes!)
   The beets? The kohlrabi? If you cook, you are there! For raw foodists, you can juice them together with a bunch of the leaves, or you can process them in a food processor and then throw them on a salad of all those lleaves we keep getting. You can even make a a beet/kohrabi salad by either thinly julienning, or doing what I do — food processing them into submission (very small pieces)

   My most exciting thing this week was taking my share of a bunch of “leafy something”, three nice red tomatoes (inside and out), a radish, some celery, some onion, a bit of garlic, a red pepper, a green pepper, and a yellow pepper, and putting the whole lot in the blender (I have a VitaMix, but a regular blender will come pretty close)— VOILA!!!! V8 juice!!!!!

   It yielded enough for maybe 3 people to drink V-8 juice, or just one bored thirsty person who did not want to eat that night( this is, essentially, a blended salad

   Be creative!!!! If you don’t feel creative, look for recipes on the Internet (I mean, what the heck can you do with rhubarb???? especially if you do not use sugar or cooking???? the Internet has recipes for just about everything!!!!

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