Here’s the recipe for that chard frittata we made from the CSA haul last week.
Chard Frittata
1 bunch rainbow chard, stemmed and chiffonaded
1 medium onion, chopped
6 eggs
olive oil
salt and pepper
1. Preheat the oven to 350.
2. In a medium cast iron skilled sautee the onion and chopped chard stems in olive oil.
3. Once the onions and stems [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 30, 2009
Chard Frittata
June 29, 2009
CSA Bounty Realized
Here are some of the things we made with the CSA box before we went on vacation.
Swiss Chard Frittata Sandwich
Potato Escarole Soup
Spinach Ricotta Lasagne
June 25, 2009
Potato & Escarole Soup: Sadly, You’ll Have to Wait for Pictures
Last night our little kitchen was a hive of busy activity. While we didn’t get around to the kimchi (we figured the cabbage would keep until Monday in one of our green bags), we did make an amazing frittata featuring a huge amount of Swiss chard, a big salad with the red-leaf lettuce, spinach/ricotta [...]
June 24, 2009
Possibilities Abound
We’re going to attempt some stuff tonight. Namely:
1. Spinach lasagne (freezing for later consumption)
2. Kimchi (ahhhh!)
3. Escarole and Potato Soup (freezing for later consumption)
That leaves us to eat the humongous head of lettuce and the chard. Maybe a frittata will be made from the chard and eaten tonight with a salad. I [...]
June 23, 2009
Nature’s Amazing Bounty
Like Tina said in the last post, a colleague of mine went out of down this week and donated her West Village CSA share to us. I went down to pick it up this afternoon and came away with the following items:
Bright Lights Swiss Chard: 1 bunch
Summer Spinach: 1 bunch
Napa Cabbage: 1 head
Red Leaf [...]
June 22, 2009
More food!
Add another $2.71 to last week’s receipt (Brussels sprouts and lettuce purchase on Saturday evening). Our total came in at: $28.96.
This week we are lucking out (hopefully). A co-worker of Phil’s has offered their CSA box since they’re on vacation for the week and we’re heading to Cape May, NJ this Friday for a wedding. [...]
June 20, 2009
Food Purchase Update
Spent .99 on a loaf of bread from the Coop on Wednesday and just spend 3.50 on orange juice (on sale) and a dozen eggs. So our total for the week, so far (barring the infamous bourbon pour): $26.25
With some of those eggs, I made a lovely omelet for breakfast this morning. Garlic scapes are [...]
June 18, 2009
Extreme Failures of Frugality
This is a bit off-par for the usual 30/week subject matter, but was a truly memorable culinary experience, so I thought I’d share.
Tina and I have a friend from out of town staying with us for a night and decided it would be nice to take him out to a slightly fancy bar in Brooklyn [...]
June 17, 2009
Homemade Veggie Burgers
A lot of people want to know how to make their own veggie burgers from ingredients they can actually pronounce (I think you’re OK morningstar, but you have more than 10 ingredients in your grillers). For those of you who want something simpler, non-soy and tasty, I give you…The Bittman Bean Burger (scroll down, it’s [...]
June 16, 2009
This Week’s Receipt
Phil got some nice fruit this week and I spent $1 for 4 onion rolls. Last night we had some fantastic homemade veggie burgers made with a mixture of fava and white beans with those oven fries (see below) and a big salad. Breakfast today was a pluot/apple galette I made last night. It wasn’t [...]
