Scapes! greenling meal plan 4/21

well there were supposed to be radishes in the box but i didn't find any :(
but here is the rest of the list :

Red Beets
Kale
Mushrooms
Scapes
Garlic (a ton)
Escarole
Spring Lettuce Mix
Strawberries
Red Leaf Lettuce

Lettuces will be salads, Strawberries will be in cereal, and smoothies and kids lunchboxes

I will get a 3 fer with Garlicky Mushrooms & Kale from Appetite for Reduction cookbook. perfect!
Also my son said that he only liked mushrooms on pizza and asked for that to be on the menu this week. Maybe sauted Escarole will be good on that!

But i also think this Escarole Soup recipe sounds yummy & easy and not to heavy for the hot weather.

Scapes are a part of the Garlic plant so i may use some of them in the garlicky kale recipe, there are lots of recipes online but nothing grabbed me. so i will just use them as garlic.

Beets! This bunch of beets are so beautiful and big. I have big plans :)

Roasted Beeet Tofu Burgers - look & sound incred, i have tofu already

Can't be Beet Chocolate Cake - sounds crazy, but yum and i really won't tell my kids and see

if there are any left this sounds like a good summery recipe Beet Apple Walnut Salad

The beet greens were good looking so i cut them off already and put them in a separate bag and will saute them in olive oil & garlic

Chard Pizza? so good

Do you ever make something so delicious you can't believe you made it yourself???

well this Carmelized Onion & Chard pizza is one of those things. (the picture sucks). Got the recipe from The Vegan Table by Colleen Patric-Goudreau

but the contrast of the sweet onions & salty olives & capers was amazing, even better on the Vicolo corneal crust (frozen from Wholefoods) - i put a little Parma - vegan parmesan, and it was divine. I even ate the leftovers in the car on the go the next day cold and it was incredible.

here is a salad i made with the lettuce, pea shoots, spring onions & radishes - so pretty

i did indeed make strawberry muffins! i basically followed a combo of recipes i found online, used wholewheat flour, and added apple cider vinegar to the soy milk  - yum

awww pea shoot - Greenling Box 3/7/11

Pretty Pea Shoots

this box was was so green, it seemed like it overflowed with leaves upon opening, i need to remember to take a picture before unloading

Inside:

Pea Shoots
Green Leaf Lettuce
Strawberries
Green Chard
Spring Onions
Multi Colored Beets
Heirloom Garlic
Romain Lettuce
Easter Egg Radish
Collard Greens

The Pea Shoots are so pretty and i found out they are super healthy - there are a bunch of recipes HERE - they are not all Vegan - but i am feeling so hot lately and craving crisp cold stuff i think I will use them mostly in Salads with the two lettuces & the Radish. And in sandwiches, i'm really into baking tofu and using it in salads and sandwiches right now

The beets i'm gonna roast and just eat or I'm thinking toss with roasted little potatoes & vinigarette

Chard - Swiss Chard & Carmelized Onion from The Vegan Table by Colleen Patric-Goudreau - she suggests using this a pizza topping, i happen to have some frozen cornmal crusts so i'm going to do that!

Collards - BBQ Black Eyed Pea Collard Rolls from Veganomicon - this just sounds like a nice change of pace from the usual stuff i do. The BBQ sauce is made from scratch from the cook book too!

I've been making some yummy raspberry lime muffins from the cookbook recipe testing i'm doing, over & over for my son who is hooked, i may use the strawberries in a batch instead, but sometimes i hate using gorgeous sweet fresh strawberries in recipes & smoothies, i like them on cereal fresh and as snacks for kids.

Spring Bounty!

So far this is what i have made

Spring Harvest Mexican Bowl - i'm sad i cannot share the recipe but it's top secret as i'm lucky enough to be recipe testing for this amazing lady who is writing a vegan cookbook - but i'm posting the pic as it does include Kale & Carrots & onions from the box, and the chimichurri sauce it's topped with is made with cilatntro which many people got in their box this past week (i got mint)

If you want to drool over Krys' food like i have done for the past year or so then check out her website at Cooking With Two Vegan Boys and be in the know when the cookbook comes out! 

I did indeed make that Spicy Radish Sandwich - it was surprisinglys delish, i love sandwiches. I used WholeSoy soy yogurt instead, and i did not have Garam Masala so used curry powder instead. Yummy spicy sweet flavors. Weird & good :)  I think i will make this again. I used gluten free bread and my pic is open faced because i figured it would fall apart if i cut it.

I also did make that amazing looking Warm Potato & Dandelion Greens Salad and it was off the hook. Yeah i said that.  I really could have eaten the entire recipe by  myself in one sitting, perfect tang & bitter and creamy potato combo. easy too. I cut my potatoes up because they weren't that tiny & so there weren't many in 1/2 lb. Oh nd the coarse sea salt on top was the final deliciousness.

I've been using the carrots & avo in salads. giving drizzle lots of bits of greens and i attempted the roasted tomatoes and burned them, but let's not talk about that.

Greenling Box 3/24 - Dandelion Greens woah

Dandelion greens are a total newbie for me but they are known for their detoxifying and they have a ton of vitamin C & A & iron.
I also got some spearmint apprantly! The list says "herb" and it didn't smell totally minty to me so i took a pic and put the call out on twitter - two people said mint or maybe lemon balm but the folks at Greenling confirmed spearmint. - not sure what to do with it, tea maybe

here's the list:

3 Tomatoes
Dandelion Greens
Spearmint
Kale
LA Shallots
Oranges
2 Avocados
Carrots
Radish
Spinach

The Carrots look amazing! really fat carrots with a ton of green tops that will make my guinea pig Drizzle extremely happy

Tomatoes i usually chop for salads or slice for sandwhiches, but the Greenling Box came with a quicky recipe for Roasted sliced Tomatos that sounds too good to not doo. just olive oil & vinegar, garlic, salt, peper & sugar (?) and roast till they begin to carmelize - ok yum

Dandelion Greens - This Warm New Potato & Dandelion Green Salad seems so perfect for the spring transtion from hot foods to cool salads, & i lurve new potatos

RADishes - i am excited to have these, they seem to always be in the box on the weeks i don't get delivery!
I'm really Torn between making a vegan version of this Spicy Radish Sandwich - or this Quinoa w/ROASTED Radishes - so we'll see what happens.  I love fancy sandwhiches - but anything roasted and anything quinoa are obviously gonna be winners

I don't want the Radish Green tops to go to waste so check out all these things to do with Radish Greens - http://www.ehow.com/how_5620696_use-radish-greens.html

Spinach & Kale - i want to make this ridiculously good looking BLT SALAD from Vegan YumYum, it's not the same kind of kale but it should work. I'm still craving that Kale chickpea salad from last box so i may just make that again instead!

Avocados just don't last long, i eat them daily in salads & spread on toast.

Alright, gotta get cooking!

This Kale Salad is cra cra

i'm kind of freaking out on how good this salad is

i have loved the kale ceasar salad from Counter Culture, craved the avocado kale salad from Wholefoods raw bar, but had not attempted my own, daunted by the massaging the kale step of the process. This recipe doesn't say to do that but i did anyway as i have heard it's what makes raw kale soft and more palatable (massaging with the dressing)

This salad takes the cake. Spicy roasted chickpeas, ceasary tangy cashew based dressing, avocado.

Roasted Spiced Chickpeas over Kale with Ceaser Dressing

definitely a keeper

raw bok choy & apple salad & more

Like i said in my last post i was getting a little tired of cooking bok choy, and in light of the Crazy Sexy Diet cleanse i'm on i was thrilled to find this Bok Choy Apple Salad recipe

It is SO freakin good. Crisp, tangy, sweet, fresh, crunchy & easy :)

Also cooked my collards with the muli colored carrots in this super simple recipe [Collards & Carrots]- i just used Earth Balance instead of butter. I could have eaten a huge bowl of this as my entire meal but i shared it with a friend and ate it with a slice of toast spread with Grandma's Hummus - the best hummus in Austin!

Otherwise have been enjoying my green juices & fresh salads using Kale, mushrooms & carrots

still to come Roasted chick pea & kale salad