It's a new record, folks! It's only Thursday (13 days in) and my CSA basket is gone! Week 5 (I have a bi-weekly pickup, so this was my third of the summer) was another bonanza. There's snap beans (basically red green-beans), zucchini, green onions, fennel, beets, chard, lettuce, and turnip greens:
First up, taco salad. This is lettuce and green onions from the basket, plus romaine, Beyond Beef Feisty Crumbles, black beans, tomatoes, and blue corn tortilla chips. For hot-weather food, it was pretty hearty and delicious.
After a decade of being vegan, there's not many vegetables I haven't tried. That said, I've always avoided fennel because I'm not an anise fan and assumed it would taste like licorice. But in the spirit of using everything, I roasted the fennel with beets and zucchini and threw it on top of some greens. I pride myself on not being a picky eater (except, you know, anything with meat, eggs, dairy, honey...), but I can now decisively say that I do not like fennel. I picked it all out of the salads. The fennel-less salad was good, though. And that's right, I repackaged my salad in the greens package.
Outside magazine had a great (albeit long) profile on Beyond Meat this winter, where the company basically said they were taking plants and turning them into meat using a machine instead of an animal, which was a far more efficient and humane practice. I've used that logic ever since on skeptical omnis who don't want to eat fake meat because it's too "processed." I explain that meat is processed, too, just by an animal's body instead of a machine. Given a choice between the two methods, I'll take the machine product.
Last up, more fake chicken (this time Simple Truth Meatless Griller Strips from Kroger), with brown rice and a random mix of greens: beet greens, turnip greens and chard. I'd never had turnip greens before, but I really liked them, especially mixed with the slightly sweet chard. I also thought they also paired nicely with the Simple Truth strips, which have a different taste and texture than the Beyond Meat ones.
These super boring fake chicken dishes are great examples of why I love having a CSA - even when making the most plain, lazy meals, I think "oh hey, I have veggies I need to use up", and so I add a serving of greens. Totally worth $20 every other week, IMO.
First up, taco salad. This is lettuce and green onions from the basket, plus romaine, Beyond Beef Feisty Crumbles, black beans, tomatoes, and blue corn tortilla chips. For hot-weather food, it was pretty hearty and delicious.
After a decade of being vegan, there's not many vegetables I haven't tried. That said, I've always avoided fennel because I'm not an anise fan and assumed it would taste like licorice. But in the spirit of using everything, I roasted the fennel with beets and zucchini and threw it on top of some greens. I pride myself on not being a picky eater (except, you know, anything with meat, eggs, dairy, honey...), but I can now decisively say that I do not like fennel. I picked it all out of the salads. The fennel-less salad was good, though. And that's right, I repackaged my salad in the greens package.
While I'm certainly no believer of the protein myth, I am trying to drop a few pounds and figured cutting back on my usual carb-bonanza would be a good place to start. Here's Beyond Chicken grilled strips with some boiled snap beans (and broccoli, and more repurposed packaging in the background):
Outside magazine had a great (albeit long) profile on Beyond Meat this winter, where the company basically said they were taking plants and turning them into meat using a machine instead of an animal, which was a far more efficient and humane practice. I've used that logic ever since on skeptical omnis who don't want to eat fake meat because it's too "processed." I explain that meat is processed, too, just by an animal's body instead of a machine. Given a choice between the two methods, I'll take the machine product.
Last up, more fake chicken (this time Simple Truth Meatless Griller Strips from Kroger), with brown rice and a random mix of greens: beet greens, turnip greens and chard. I'd never had turnip greens before, but I really liked them, especially mixed with the slightly sweet chard. I also thought they also paired nicely with the Simple Truth strips, which have a different taste and texture than the Beyond Meat ones.
These super boring fake chicken dishes are great examples of why I love having a CSA - even when making the most plain, lazy meals, I think "oh hey, I have veggies I need to use up", and so I add a serving of greens. Totally worth $20 every other week, IMO.
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