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. In which I make a garnished root soup that combines hominess with sophistication… I need to clean out [...]
Archive for the ‘Parsnips’ Category
Dark Days 13: Root Soup with Cheese Wafers and Slaw
Posted in Celery and celeriac, Cheese, Dark Days Challenge, Parsnips, Soup, Turnips and rutabagas on February 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Dark Days Week 1: Turkey Hash and Parsnip-Pear Soup
Posted in Chicken, Dark Days Challenge, Parsnips, Soup, tagged Dark Days Challenge, Pear-parsnip soup, Turkey hash on December 3, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Last year’s Dark Day Challenge was so enlightening that I’m excited to do it again. Every week from the end of November through the end of March, a group of people from all over the country is cooking a weekly meal using Sustainable Organic Local Ethical (SOLE) ingredients and blogging about it. Since last year, [...]
Roasted Cabbage
Posted in Cabbage, Parsnips, tagged Cabbage on March 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I cook cabbage in so many ways: steamed, braised with white wine and juniper berries, braised with apples, sautéed in a little butter and oil and tossed with herbs, stir fried with ginger and garlic, smothered, meaning slow cooked with a little white wine vinegar a la Marcella Hazan, and so on. That doesn’t count [...]
Root Soup with Preserved Sage from the Pantry
Posted in Carrots, Herbs, Leeks, Pantry, Parsnips, Potatoes, Preserving, Soup, Sweet potato, Turnips and rutabagas, tagged Herbs, Potatoes, Preserving, Soup, Sweet potato, Turnips and rutabagas, vegetable stock on February 6, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Continuing my mission to use up the roots in my refrigerator, I made a delicious pureed soup of rutabaga, parsnips, potato, sweet potato and leeks. Just about any combination or variation of proportions would work. I used a homemade light chicken broth from my freezer but vegetable stock or even water would be fine. If [...]
February: Searching for Roots
Posted in Beets, Carrots, Parsnips, Sweet potato, Turnips and rutabagas, tagged Beets, Potatoes, Sweet potato, Turnips and rutabagas on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of shoes and ships – and sealing-wax – Of cabbages – and … ROOTS Yup, that’s what came into my head when cleaning out the fridge. There I found three cabbages – a green cone-headed one, a partial head of Chinese/Napa cabbage and [...]
Orange-flavored Grains with Parsnips and Carrots
Posted in Carrots, Citrus fruit, Grains, Parsnips, tagged Carrot, Citrus, Grains, Parsnip on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Continuing the citrus theme of the month, I sparked up two related root vegetables – carrots and parsnips – by cooking them in orange juice, sprinkling the mixture with grated orange rind, and finishing it off with a small quantity of diced oranges. Knowing that I typically come home late, and recently later, I cook [...]
