{"id":377,"date":"2009-03-04T16:40:21","date_gmt":"2009-03-04T23:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/?p=377"},"modified":"2009-03-04T16:40:46","modified_gmt":"2009-03-04T23:40:46","slug":"whats-for-dinner-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/?p=377","title":{"rendered":"What’s for Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the box: pea shoots, kale, collard greens, chard, fennel, spinach, radicchio, leeks, carrots, beets, and three endives—that’s new. Luckily the recipes tucked in the box include one for endive & radicchio salad.<\/p>\n

Tonight I think we’ll do a repeat of that winter pesto with kale and spinach<\/a>. I was a little skeptical but it came out really well last time. I think it’s the cheese: that ricotta salata<\/a> stuff is really good! It’s nothing like the soft ricotta I was more familiar with; it’s more like feta in texture, but with a lovely mild taste. Anyway the recipe calls for a whopping half pound of it. To balance out all that cheese, I use the whole bunch of kale as well as the whole bag of spinach (instead of the 1\/2 bunch they call for), so I end up with a lot of pesto, enough to sauce a full pound of pasta. Whole wheat pasta stands up well to the flavor of the greens.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow night I want to try this recipe for pea shoot and smoked bacon soup<\/a>, except I’ll use a leek instead of the onion. And I’ll also make a big salad with roasted beets and sauteed fennel. Robin and I can have a smaller salad for lunch from the endives and radicchio.<\/p>\n

Friday: This “medley of greens with potatoes and leeks<\/a>” looks appealing; it would use the beet greens and the remaining leeks as well as the chard. I will probably buy some sausages to serve with it. Robin and I will have the collard greens for lunch.<\/p>\n

Saturday I’m out with friends, so dinner will be leftovers or delivery; Sunday night I’ll make a pot roast with parsnips and carrots. Generally these big roasts provide leftovers for at least a day and often two days, so I won’t plan out any farther than that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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