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Comment on Salad Bowl Full of Beautiful by Tatiana

Tatiana — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:21:50 +0000

I second alicia!

Comment on Salad Bowl Full of Beautiful by alicia

alicia — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:02:11 +0000

Beautiful!

Comment on Help me fix dinner by Rachael

Rachael — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:52:00 +0000

This is my favorite swiss chard recipe: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Sauteed-Swiss-Chard-with-Parmesan-Cheese/Detail.aspx
Even my kids will eat this!!

Comment on Help me fix dinner by Tatiana

Tatiana — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:36:47 +0000

My suggestion is three fold:

One freeze anything that freezes well – bok choi, snap peas? Definitely spinach and carrots. Or make soup and freeze that for later lazy days. A really good one is with chorizo, chickpeas and kale.

Make a veggie/egg frittata with eggs and greens and green garlic. Add sausage if meat eaters grumble. Grate some sharp cheese on top for oomph.

Radishes and cukes make a great Russian salad – slice thinly, toss with sour cream, salt and a whole lot of dill.

Finally, whatever is simply too abundant to deal with, give away at a local church or food bank. They’ll be happy for fresh food and it won’t go to waste.

Enjoy the bounty!
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Comment on Help me fix dinner by Ann

Ann — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:07:42 +0000

What a delicious dilema you have! I’d make a stir fry with the Chinese cabbage, snow peas, bok choi, green onions, and carrots. Or a quiche with the eggs, spinach and chives. And you could make a fabulous pizza with sauteed kale, spring onions and garlic as toppings, spread a little olive oil on the pizza dough, and sprinkle some feta and cherry tomatoes on top and then bake. Yummm…Swiss chard and sausage soup. Man, I’m hungry!

Comment on Tomato Forest by Thorax O'Tool

Thorax O'Tool — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:59:03 +0000

Seven foot?
Mine barely got to four foot last year. And with the weather this spring, I’ll be surprised if mine get even that big this year.

Comment on Eat Your Greens by Tatiana

Tatiana — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:10:26 +0000

I’ll make myself a deal. I won’t grow greens quite yet, but I will aim to try a few new ones this year and see if I can get to know them a bit.

Thanks for the write up, I always hear about greens, but it’s simply not something I’ve been exposed to.
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Comment on Eat Your Greens by Michele

Michele — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:05:35 +0000

I couldn’t agree with you more about Kale! It’s by far my favorite of the greens. We’ve grown Collards and Chard easily, but when it comes time to harvest a green for dinner I always choose Kale. Kale is especially good in the Fall/Winter when the cool weather sweetens it up.

Comment on Eat Your Greens by Tacomamama

Tacomamama — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 03:32:33 +0000

I love arugula in pasta, just thrown in during the last minute of cooking, served with olive oil and parmesan. Today for lunch I made some brown rice spaghetti with kale (started that 1 or 2 minutes before putting in the pasta, it takes a bit to be tender) diced ham, a little bit of cream cheese, garlic, parmesan, and a diced tomato. That rocked.

I can’t get anyone else in the house to eat greens, (except in a stir fry) I guess that means more for me.

Comment on Bright spot in a dreary week by Tatiana

Tatiana — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:48:36 +0000

Greens puzzle me. Can you talk about them a bit? What you do with them, how you cook ‘em?
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