Thursday, December 30, 2010

Starting line-up

Ok, in our week 1 box:



2 heads of cauliflower
broccoli
2Anaheim peppers
rutabaga (giant, complete with belly button-ish divot)
beets
turnips
tomatoes
green onions
carrots
salad mix (lettuces)
Napa cabbage
oranges
cilantro
brussels sprout greens

All this should last around 2 weeks, with a few store-bought or frozen/canned veggies in the mix.  On the menu tonight:  something with beets and rutabaga, I think...  Maybe just the beets....  No idea what I'm doing with either one, so we'll see!

UPDATE:

Honey roasted rutabaga

1 large rutabaga, peeled (easier to do than I expected!  just use a veggie peeler)
3 T butter
3T honey (eyeball it)

Cut the rutabaga into spears (about 3/4" thick, 3-4 inches long).  Melt honey and butter together in a decent size sauce pan.  Toss the rutabaga pieces in the honey butter mixture to coat.  Transfer to a baking sheet (I oiled mine first) and bake at 450 until crispy around the edges and turning brown.  Stir every 10ish minutes.



The votes:

Well, I forgot to stir mine (except once about 20 min in when I sent the huz over and he did it)...  So they were a little burnt in places.  Overall we both liked it ok, but didn't think it was magnificent.  I may try this recipe again the next time we get a rutabaga, but wouldn't buy one just to make this.