Potato Soup

Tuesday Menu – Potato Soup, Salad
Farm Share Produce – Potatoes, Onion

The Potato and Onion are now gone from the 40 pound vegetable box.

For the Potato Soup I used this recipe. I halved the recipe. I also didn’t use leeks. I am not a big fan of leeks, I don’t like paying for so much vegetable that gets discarded and I find them a pain to clean. I just used more onions in place of the leeks.

Potato Soup with Caramelized Shallots
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/103871


About roasting… This soup recipe called for roasting a head of garlic for one hour. When instructions like that in a recipe, I find a time I’m just hanging around the house and roast the item. Yesterday I also packed up a couple of beets in tin foil and roasted them too. I just keep the items in the refrigerator till I need them.

Potato Egg Sandwich and Lime Cilantro Sweet Potatoes

Both of these dishes were winners. The sandwiches will show up again on a Meatless Monday. They would be great almost the whole CSA season, they have peppers, onions, and arugula or salad mix. The sweet potato recipe has been on my mind for a couple of weeks now. I love it - it had sweetness from the potato, a kick from the cayenne, saltiness, and the lime provided brightness – a really good dish.

Meatless Monday Menu – Potato Egg Sandwich, Lime Cilantro Sweet Potatoes
Farm Share Produce – Potato, Sweet Potatoes, Cilantro

Potato Egg Sandwich
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/egg-and-potato-sandwiches-recipe/index.html

Lime Cilantro Sweet Potatoes
http://www.epicurious.com/tools/searchresults?search=sweet+potato+lime

Crisp Roasted Potatoes with Celeriac

Actual Tuesday Menu - BBQ Chicken, Crisp Roasted Potatoes with Celeriac, Broccoli

Did the dinner help empty the pantry or freezer? YES! The BBQ chicken was simple. I just marinated chicken breast I had frozen in a bottle of BBQ sauce we had in the pantry and grilled them on the George Foreman Grill. The Broccoli was also in the freezer. My favorite way to prepare frozen broccoli is to heat 1 – 2 T of olive oil in a skillet and then add the broccoli. Stir to coat with oil and sprinkle with kosher salt. Cover and let steam to warm through. Remove the lid and when the broccoli starts to get golden brown sprinkle with sesame oil. Once I remove the kids broccoli I generously add crushed red pepper. The Crisp Roasted Potatoes with Celeriac used up some potatoes I had in storage and I still had some Celeriac from my CSA. This is a favorite of mine, the recipe follows.

Crisp Roasted Potatoes with Celeriac
Here is the original recipe, my adaption adding Celeriac follows.
http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/crispy-potato-roast

3 T unsalted butter, melted
3 T olive oil
4-6 russet potatoes, peeled
15 – 20 slices of celeriac, about the same size as the potato slices
1-2 shallots, thinly sliced
Coarse salt
1 tsp red-pepper flakes (optional)
4-5 sprigs thyme

Preheat oven to 375. In a small bowl, combine butter and oil. Brush some of the mixture on the bottom of a baking dish. Slice potatoes (slice crosswise) and celeriac very thinly.

Arrange potato slices in dish. Wedge celeriac and shallots throughout. Sprinkle with salt and red pepper flakes. Brush with remaining butter/oil mixture. Bake 1 ¼ hrs. Add thyme and bake 35 minutes more.