What’s for Dinner
We’re back from my grandfather’s funeral in Texas (it was wonderful to see all my aunts and cousins, even though our visit was too brief to really do much catching up: and I was reminded yet again that flying with a one-year-old is a really grueling experience). And waiting for us at home was a box full of kale, collard greens, radicchio, leeks, lettuce, carrots, bok choy, oranges, potatoes, and a butternut squash.
Last night we had pasta with radicchio, squash and browned butter, but honestly it’s not a meal I plan to repeat: the recipe sounded better than the reality proved to be. I also braised the bok choy with garlic and Robin ate it happily for lunch.
Tonight I’m going to make a vegetable soup out of the kale, potatoes, and leeks, and I have black eyed peas soaking to cook with the collard greens. Sam’s not a big fan of the greens-and-peas meal but Robin and I both like it, so it’ll probably make lunch for a couple days for us. A little salad of the lettuce and carrots can be another lunch. And Robin’s already devoured most of the oranges, so that pretty much takes care of the veggies!
