I mentioned this in last week’s Recipe Roundup, but am just getting around to posting pictures…
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Tag: Vegetarian
Barley Salad with Eggplant, Tomato, and Zucchini
This recipe, originally inspired by a recipe of one of my favorite blogs, Smitten Kitchen, is an amped-up version of the grain salad posted in the most recent CSA newsletter. The recipe requires a fair amount of chopping work up front, but your hard work will pay off in the end. 
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New Recipes in This Week’s Recipe Roundup
There are a whole lot of great places to find recipes here, just as there are a great many ways to prepare our amazing CSA produce.
Did you realize there are three places to find great tasting recipes on the Central Brooklyn CSA blog?
- Every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday our blog turns into a “Weekend Cooking Blog” as our Food Education Team posts tested recipes (and tasty-looking photos) on the home page.
- Every Wednesday we post a Recipe Roundup (which you can access by clicking the “Recipe” tab on the top of this page), which is an aggregation of scrumptious ideas from cooks we trust, using the vegetables we expect to get in that respective week’s share.
- Every day our community members post and comment on new recipes of their own in our CSA Forum/ Recipe section (which can alwaysbe found by clicking the “CSA Forum” tab on this page).
There are a whole lot of great places to find recipes here, just as there are a great many ways to prepare our amazing CSA produce.
Eat well.
Fresh Herb Quesadillas
Pair these quesadillas with a simple salad of greens dressed with oil and vinegar for a light dinner.
(Note: Check out more recipe ideas on our new weekly feature, Recipe Roundup, which will be posted in the Recipe section every Wednesday.)
These delicious quesadillas are a simple and fast way to use herbs. The quesadillas pictured are filled with a mixture of chopped epazote, mint, and oregano, but feel free to play around and use whatever herbs you have in the fridge! Pair them with a simple salad of greens dressed with oil and vinegar for a light dinner.
Fresh Herb Quesadillas
The proportions for the herbs, onions, and cheese are approximate. Feel free to adjust according to your own preferences.
On a whim I decided to compress the tortillas while cooking by putting a small sauce pan on top along with a can of tomatoes, as you see in the photo. The weight helped them to cook fast and evenly. Eventually I realized the can was not needed because the sauce pan alone was heavy enough. This is reflected in the directions below.
(makes 4 quesadillas)
Corn Potato Cakes
We made mini corn potato cakes at tonight’s cooking demo.
This fantastic recipe comes courtesy of Delissa Reynolds, who assisted with the cooking demo at tonight’s distribution.
Ingredients
– 1 lb. potatoes 
– 1/2 cup finely chopped green bell pepper
– 1 1/2 cups fresh corn kernels including the pulp scraped from the cobs (cut from about 2 ears of corn)
– 4 scallions, chopped fine
– 1 teaspoon ground cumin
– 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
– 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
– 4 tablespoons sour cream for serving
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Pink Beans in Sauce with Epazote
I take this bean thing seriously, so it was a personal challenge to incorporate epazote into my quest to make the best ever bowl of beans.
Recipe by John-Thomas Crockett
I love beans. Black, pinto, kidney, red, pink, garbanzo, it doesn’t matter: beans are my thing. For the past couple of years I have been in charge of the food at my brother’s Super Bowl Bash ( a fact I am quite proud of), and last year I was actually commissioned to make a couple of pots of beans. Think about that for a moment. More than chicken wings, tacos, ribs, or pizza, folks thought beans, my beans, would take the party to higher heights. With humility, I make a mean bean. It is, in fact, a family thing. After decades of bean dominance, my mother is the undisputed Queen of Beans. After years of studying her techniques and stealing glances at her seasoning selections, I think I am ready to challenge for the title “Bean King.”
I take this bean thing seriously, so when we got epazote in our CSA share and I learned it was often used as a bean seasoning, I took it as a personal challenge to incorporate the herb in my next iteration of legume goodness.
Zucchini Soup with Beaten Eggs
This is a vegetarian variation of stracciatella highlights the soft flavor and texture of zucchini and is enriched by the addition of eggs, butter, and a bit of cheese.
Courtesy of Emily Nickerson
Adapted from the Cucina di Magro cookbook by G. Franco Romagnoli
This is a vegetarian variation of stracciatella, an Italian soup traditionally made by stirring beaten eggs into a meat-based broth. This version highlights the soft flavor and texture of zucchini and is enriched by the addition of eggs, butter, and a bit of cheese. Bonus: From start to finish this soup took about 30 minutes to prepare, a perfect option on a night when you’re craving a hot meal and don’t have much time or energy to cook.
