Vegetables – Page 57

Spicy Orange-Scented Collard Greens

July 25, 2014

If you need still another idea for collard greens, I found my ancient (1998) Flying Biscuit cookbook. I was actually looking for the cookbook from Agnes & Muriel’s which has Glen Powell’s yummy healthy collard recipe – cooked with lemon and sesame seed. I couldn’t find that one, but I did find this recipe from April Moon. Just a bit of restaurant history – back at that time, Lynne Sawicki, now proprietress of Sawicki’s Meat Seafood and More in Decatur, was cooking along with April at the Flying Biscuit back in the mid 90s when this book was being written. And do you know the easy way to peel fresh ginger? Just use a teaspoon to scrape off the peel. No need for a paring knife.

Rutabaga and Potato Salad

July 25, 2014

Speaking of rutabagas, here’s an interesting recipe I’m trying this weekend. Rutabagas have such a lovely sweetness. If you don’t want to serve them by themselves, they work beautifully in any vegetable soup or roasted along with other roots like carrots, beets and parsnips. This recipe comes from wholeliving.com.

Vegetable Mafé

July 25, 2014

Finally I offer this recipe for an African-inspired stew. It was wonderful, even better the next day as most stews are. I still have a few hot peppers which are basically just drying out in the refrigerator, so I used them in place of the serranos this recipe calls for. The cabbage was the quarter head still in the vegetable crisper. No butternut squash still in your pantry? Just add more rutabagas or sweet potatoes. And maybe you’re one of those brilliant souls who took Suzanne’s suggestion and canned your own tomatoes this summer when they were in such abundance. The perfect accompaniment? MB cornbread or corn muffins.

Adapted from a recipe in “The Cornbread Gospels” by Crescent Dragonwagon (Workman, $14.95).

Pickled Beets

July 25, 2014

This is a recipe from Anne Quatrano of Bacchanalia and was published in June in Southern Living.

Bruschetta with Sautéed Radishes

July 25, 2014

This recipe was published in Bon Appetit in September and comes from Taste by Niche, a restaurant in St. Louis. Their words: A quick sauté tames the bite of the radishes and gives them a lush texture.

Collard Greens and Bok Choy

July 25, 2014

his one is adapted from a recipe in “ New American Table” by Marcus Samuelsson.

Pasta with Cauliflower and Collards

July 25, 2014

An idea from the folks at Everyday Food.

Daikon Cake

July 25, 2014

I have to admit that finding new uses for the daikon radish had been stumping me. It’s so often turned into a quick pickle or used in kimchi, and that’s where I was stuck.

Then I ran into this recipe for Luo Bo Gao, a Chinese daikon cake, a mainstay at dim sum restaurants with its crisp exterior and soft interior. I can’t wait to try this, especially since I have a little bag of dried shrimp in the freezer. I was wondering what in the world I was going to do with it.

Beetroot and Carrot Crackers

July 25, 2014

This recipe also uses beets (have I mentioned how much I love beets?) and it’s sort of a specialty thing. If you don’t have a dehydrator, you can stop reading now. This recipe is from British “cook” Karen Knowles who has a raw food blog and has offered several very tasty dehydrated cracker recipes. I look forward to making these this weekend. Beetroot is of course the very descriptive British name for what we in the colonies call “beets”.

Arugula Vichyssoise

July 25, 2014

If you’re wondering what to do with your arugula besides use it in a salad on or a sandwich, how about making soup? Again, not sure where the recipe came from, but this is just a variation on the classic vichyssoise. Now vichyssoise is usually served cold, but there’s no reason you can’t serve it piping hot. No leek? Onions or shallots will do in a pinch.

Category: Vegetables