1. Firstly, figure out how you are going to get it all in your refrigerator.
2. Secondly, stare at the contents and and scratch head. Try to figure out how you are going to get your little “veggies are disgusting” children to eat them.
3. Thirdly, experiment with them.
Our boxes so far have pretty much been lots of greens (kale, spinach, different lettuces, broccoli, spring onions, radishes). I know as the season goes on we will get more hearty cooking veggies and I’m looking forward to that. My grill will be used quite a bit for them. Meanwhile, I’m makin’ salads!
I have sauteed the spinach, kale and collard greens in olive oil and various other mixtures of spices, brown sugar and rice wine vinegar. They are highly nutritious greens, which of course, means the children will not eat them. The kale is very good in this soup, and they ate some of that.
Here is a recipe I tried, but you could also just saute with butter, olive oil, salt and pepper.
Recipes:
1 lb fresh kale
6 mushrooms, sliced (I used baby portobello)
1 onion onion, sliced
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
Clean kale and remove ribs. Spray skillet with cooking spray. Heat on high, add kale, mushrooms and onions. Stir for 1 to 2 minutes. Pour in rice vinegar, soy sauce and sugar. Reduce to medium heat and stir until kale and onions are tender crisp.
1 lb fresh kale
6-8 rashers of bacon
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1/2 teaspoon brown sugar
Clean kale and remove ribs. Saute bacon until nicely browned. Take off all but 1 TBSP bacon renderings. Add kale. Stir for 1 to 2 minutes. Pour in cider vinegar and brown sugar. Reduce to medium heat and stir until kale is tender crisp.
although I consider myself to be an omnivore, this post did not entice my palate quite as much as some of your earlier ones,,,,I must lean more to the right, that being carnivore???? LOL
was a pretty pic though…
Hope your back is feeling better.
We are in the same predicament. The kids won’t eat much of what we get from the CSA, but we keep trying. We have definitely been eating our share of kale, collard greens, and cabbage. Our last box had the biggest heirloom tomato I have ever seen. It was very yummy.
Yum! We get lots of veggies too in our box…Elena will eat anything so it’s just the boy that won’t. Hoping someday he changes his mind 🙂
I’m assuming you are a part of a CSA? My neighbor loved hers because it was like getting a surprise each month. We have one great eater in our house and one not so great eater. They do like trying things that we’ve grown in our garden. My picky eater is eating carrots now because he can pull them out of the ground and eat them! I find encouragement in knowing this: our tastes do change as we get older. I used to hate green beans and broccoli and now I love them! Just keep trying!
What is CSA? Is it like sharing produce? Sounds great. The BA was always great with veggies, except for salad. Our big problem was protein. She didn’t like meat, eggs or melted cheese. Fortunately she didn’t know that chicken was meat for a long time. Well she never asked!!!!!! 😀