Eat Your Vegetables

Cooking away the CSA: 2013 best recipes recap

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2013/nov/11/264451/ To start things off, let me just say that 2013 was a pretty darn good year to be a member of one of the many CSAs in the Lawrence area. Unlike the past two summers, which were so hot things couldn’t grow, this one was varied ...

Cooking away the CSA, week 30: Leeks and onions, oh my

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2013/nov/04/264134/ This past week was officially the last week of our CSA season. Though, because you’ll have to pry my fresh, local vegetables out of my cold, dead hands, it’s actually not the last week for us. [Rolling Prairie][1] has a ...

Cooking away the CSA, week 29: Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2013/oct/28/263772/ Admittedly, there are no local ingredients in the recipe I’m sharing today. I just felt like for the week of Halloween we all needed a cookie break. A seasonal cookie break. If you still need a little something to have around ...

Cooking away the CSA, week 28: Soup and salad

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2013/oct/21/263398/ Last week, I hit the major personal parenting goal of getting the kiddo to eat salad. It was marvelous. While I basked in the glow of that achievement for the rest of the following week, I also tried to recreate it. And I did. ...

Cooking away the CSA, week 27: Salads for the whole family (including the kiddo)

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2013/oct/14/263115/ My kid really does eat amazingly well for a pre-K child. I’ve [discussed][1] many times that he does a pretty good job, even if he’s just like any other kid in that he’d take cookies over carrots any time. That said, if ...

Cooking away the CSA, week 26: When seasons cross, and the dinners they bring

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2013/oct/07/262801/ We’ve come to the time of year where winter squashes and tubers are sharing table space with tomatoes and cucumbers at local CSAs and the [Lawrence Farmers' Market][1]. For instance, we got eggplant, tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet ...