In early spring, the leeks and spinach from the farmers market are unbelievably sweet and delicious. The spinach has none of that slight taste of minerals that it will later have, and it’s available in abundance. Combined with local mushrooms and locally fished flounder, they made for a flavorful and healthy supper. I have been [...]
Archive for the ‘Leeks’ Category
Baked White Fish with Spinach, Leeks and Mushrooms
Posted in Fish, Greens, Leeks, Mushrooms, tagged leeks and mushrooms, Springtime fish with spinach on April 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Asparagus, Leek and Mushroom Lasagna
Posted in Asparagus, Leeks, Mushrooms, Pasta, tagged Spring vegetable lasagna on April 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Early local spring vegetables baked with lasagna noodles epitomize the season with light, bright flavors in a warm, comforting dish that beats April’s lingering chill. Vegetarian lasagna seemed just right for the time of year, when the sky is crisp and clear and temperatures tease from bluster to balm. This is also a good do-ahead [...]
Dark Days 8: Cabbage Stew with Spruce Needles, and Other Ideas for Recycling Your Christmas Tree
Posted in Cabbage, Dark Days Challenge, Leeks, Waste Not Want Not, tagged Christmas tree recycling, Cleansing cabbage soup, Cooking with pint needles on January 10, 2012 | 1 Comment »
A continuing series on weekly meals that use sustainable, organic, local and ethical food during the challenging winter months. For more information, go here to the DDC section of Not Dabbling in Normal’s website: Dark Days Challenge. This light and healthful cabbage stew offers an appetizing antidote to holiday indulgences. Redolent of spruce needles from [...]
Dark Days 5: Sea Bass Stuffed with Tarragon-Braised Leeks
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Fish, Leeks, Potatoes, Uncategorized on December 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A continuing series on weekly meals that use sustainable, organic, local and ethical food during the challenging winter months. For more information, go here to the DDC section of Not Dabbling in Normal’s website: Dark Days Challenge What a catch! When my husband came back from the shore with a couple of just-caught fish, I [...]
Dark Days 3: Vegetarian “Shepherd’s Pie”
Posted in Cabbage, Dark Days Challenge, Leeks, Potatoes, tagged Vegetarian shepherd's pie on December 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A continuing series on weekly meals that use sustainable, organic, local and ethical food during the challenging winter months. See more here: http://notdabblinginnormal.wordpress.com/dark-days-challenge/ Now that title’s an oxymoron for you. Shepherd’s Pie is so called because it was originally made with meat from the herd — lamb or mutton to be exact — minced and topped [...]
Roasted Cauliflower and Leek Soup with Cheese Dipping Sticks
Posted in Cauliflower, Leeks, Soup, Uncategorized, tagged Cheese crouton sticks, Roasted cauliflower soup on November 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cauliflower is among the few local crops that astonishingly have flourished despite the horribly wet growing season that rotted the majority of the fall harvest. Purple, green, orange and white heads of cauliflower are mounded in the farmers’ markets and even in the local grocery store, where they are specially called out as local. I [...]
Bread Pudding with Alliums: Leek, Green Garlic, Garlic Scapes and Chives
Posted in Bread pudding, Leeks, tagged Leek and young garlic bread pudding, Savory bread pudding on June 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ah, another bread pudding to satisfy my other half’s culinary cravings. A reminder that there’s a chunk of stale bread in the drawer… what can you make of it? Sometimes just crumbs but this week a savory bread pudding, eggy and creamy in texture and chock full of the season’s fresh local alliums, members of [...]
Simple Asparagus and Leek Soup
Posted in Asparagus, Leeks, Soup, tagged Asparagus leek soup on May 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A Bowl of Spring The weather’s ugly, cold and wet, and yet Burstings of spring and just sprung leeks Mean warmth will be here soon, in weeks From straw, asparagus is green anew And begs to join a springtime stew We will prepare, and warm the bowl For simple soup that wakes the soul Asparagus [...]
Dark Days Week 5: Sea Scallops with Mushrooms and Leeks on Sweet Potato Crisps
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Leeks, Mushrooms, Seafood, Sweet potato, tagged Dark Days Challenge on January 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Variety, balance. Colors, textures, flavors. Seasonality, locality, sustainability. This meal had it all, simply by layering. Each component was prepared individually and then layered with the others to produce a simple and yet complex dish that was fresh, clean and flavorful. Even without going “down the shore” (Jersey parlance), we can purchase fine local seafood [...]
All Wrapped Up: Baked Stuffed Fish in Lettuce
Posted in Fish, Greens, Leeks, tagged Lettuce wrapped fish, lettuce wraps on July 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Lettuce, typically eaten raw as salad, is delicious as a cooked vegetable. Cooking fresh peas in Boston lettuce is a familiar use, but I also like to wrap fish in lettuce and bake it. This particular preparation made good use of the abundance of Boston lettuce from the CSA farm, the last snippets of sorrel [...]
