CSA Weekly Report: Red Earth Farm
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Lots of greens in the box this week though some were the tops of other veggies. This week’s share contained
1 bok choy
1 bunch radishes
1 bunch red kale
3 largish turnips
quart of green beans
1 bunch leeks
1 head radicchio
I don’t have any interesting plans for most of the greens, but they’ll all get eaten. Half of the radishes made it into a tabouli salad I brought to a party. The radicchio is going onto a Gouda and Red Salad Pizza recipe I found at Epicurious. I don’t know what to do with turnips, though my America’s Test Kitchen cook book tells me they’re best roasted. I may just freeze them and save them for later.
Does anyone have any interesting bok choy recipes?
Can you do anything with radish greens or should I just let my son feed them to the pig around the corner?
My favorite bok choy recipe is to braise them, and serve with rice:
http://www.justhungry.com/2004/02/temple_food_and.html
I’m not fond of radish greens, so I don’t have anything to recommend there-- sorry.
If it gets cool enough to make soup soon, I highly recommend a chowder that utilizes turnips. It’s really really good. Recipe here.
As for bok choy, I grew it last year and never really came up with anything I loved. I hear you can use it in place of celery, though. And I think it would probably make a kick ass kimchi.