Sometimes you just have to suspend your disbelief. Or maybe just put your trust in a proven source. This silken soup from At Home with Madhur Jaffrey solved the overflow of what I previously thought were random ingredients in my kitchen – okra, green beans and chard. It also produced an alluring, slightly spicy and [...]
Archive for the ‘Okra’ Category
Okra, Green Bean and Chard Soup
Posted in Beans and legumes, Okra, Soup, tagged Okra soup on September 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Okra and Pork Stew
Posted in Okra, Stews on August 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Okra at our CSA is in overdrive. We are harvesting one, two, and now even four quarts per week. While I’ve already pickled some, the rest has been cooked six ways to Sunday, as I posted last year: steamed, stewed, frittered and fried, not to mention gumbo. Mark Bittmann of the New York Times recently [...]
Simple Supper: Cabbage Soup, Grilled Cheese and Pickled Okra
Posted in Cabbage, Carrots, Okra, Pickle, Soup, tagged Diet cabbage soup on February 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I posted this for the pickles. Last summer, I made a batch of okra pickled with vinegar, dill, garlic and red pepper, and we finally got around to eating it. These babies are great! The texture stayed firm and the flavor is rich but piquant. A perfect accompaniment to grilled cheese sandwiches made with rustic [...]
Okra: Steamed, Stewed, Frittered and Fried – Part 3
Posted in Chicken, Fish, Okra, Stews, tagged Chicken gumbo, Fish gumbo, Stewed okra on September 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
After the steamed and fried okra served as sides and the pancakes as a main course, we made gumbo. Three ways: with chicken, with fish and a vegetarian version. Gumbo is basically a stew with a dark roux base (flour cooked in oil until very dark brown, like an over-cooked gravy base), stock (chicken, fish, [...]
Okra: Steamed, Stewed, Frittered and Fried – Part 2
Posted in Corn, Okra, Pancakes, tagged Okra corn pancakes on September 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On we go with a bonanza of okra harvested weekly from our CSA farm. Here we have fritters (or more properly pancakes) that combined cornmeal and flour with buttermilk and eggs, and added okra, scallions and corn. They were served over tomato sauce and garnished with steamed okra and corn and snipped herbs. This recipe [...]
Okra: Steamed, Stewed, Frittered and Fried – Part 1
Posted in Okra, tagged Oven fried okra on September 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
With okra in great supply over the past month, I have been making it in all kinds of ways, often combining it with corn and tomatoes. Some people object to the texture of okra, which can get gelatinous. I harvest my own, between 2-4 inches and cook it soon afterwards, and it’s not gooey at [...]
September: Harvesting the Fields
Posted in Okra, tagged CSA harvest, picking okra on September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I love to see how things grow, so for me nothing’s more gratifying than a morning in a field harvesting what we’ll have for dinner or put up for the pantry. Okra is fun to watch grow, with hibiscus-like flowers (same family of plants), furled buds, little okras growing vertically on stalks in the shade [...]
Corn, Okra and Squash Medley
Posted in Okra, Zucchini, tagged Corn okra squash medley on July 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Without the beans, this probably doesn’t qualify as succotash, which is typically characterized as a combination of corn, lima beans and tomatoes. But it was a delicious combo of vegetables from our CSA farm, the farmers’ market and our garden. The corn, first of the season for us, came from the CSA farm. Other than [...]
