Clintonhillbiilly here. The CSA is on holiday, but we still have two nter squashes left from our delivery two weeks ago, which included delicata, acorn, and butternut squashes. Squash schnitzel has been the star of our plate and pasilla-glazed squash chunks the meat of our tacos. We have had enough butternut squash for the whole winter already, but this seasonal cooking business is going to require us to be creative and keep on eating squash till Tierra Miguel stops putting it in our CSA box. We've encountered similar quantities of dill and carrots, which have ended up in borscht, slaw, and creamy carrot puree.
Today, all we have left from our last CSA delivery are two acorn squashes and a lot of fresh rosemary. We chipped away at some of the rosemary yesterday by making a rosemary aioli which we had on whole wheat sourdough with marinated, baked tofu. Rosemary is such a strong flavor, I don't think we can just chop it up and toss it on whatever like we do with basil and cilantro. Or can we?
Our refrigerator contains a few odds and ends that will help us come up with tonight's meal. A purple yam we picked up at a Vietnamese market in Santa Ana on our way back from John Wayne airport, a few remaining CSA carrots, and onions, garlic, and celery. We also picked up some organic rainbow chard from a little market called Two Bits that just opened around the corner. Finally, I've defrosted a half pound of ground pork from the Whole Foods butcher counter.
Ever since hearing the special on ragout on Good Food, I've been itching to make a long-simmered sauce. My plan is to sautee garlic, onions, celery, and ground pork, add red wine and canned tomatoes, throw in some ground herbs and seasonings, and simmer for a couple of hours. I'm thinking purple yam and rosemary gnocchi will use up some of our pesky rosemary, and if squash and russets go with rosemary, purple yams should too, right? I'll sautee some chard with lemon juice and olive oil to round out the vegetable quotient, and maybe make a romanesco sauce for my lovely vegetarian wife.
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