This week's CSA

It's well after midnight, so I'm going to have this post tomorrow. I'm at least drinking a nice glass of wine, while holding my foot at an odd angle so this contraption can do its magic. So I figured I'd update.



This week's CSA share included carrots, green peppers, pears, broccoli, onions, potatoes, apples, delicata squash, and brussel sprouts.

I've already done up a lot of this. Most went into the freezer. The delicata squash was cracked open, stuffed, baked, and frozen for a night when some warmth will be appreciated. Many of the potatoes were oven roasted then frozen for the same reason. Carrots became brandied carrots, for the freezer. The sprouts were chopped in half, pulled apart, cooked with indian spices, then frozen. The bell pepper were cut for Human # 1's lunch, and gave me a massive allergy attack.

I feel bad about all this freezing (Gordon Ramsay's always going off about it on Kitchen Nightmares). But I'm a lousy homemaker.

Freezer Week

So this plan of intelligent scheduling and shared dinners isn't working out too well. We ate out three times this week, and ended up with cereal once. For some reason the crock pot liner (the actual pot thing) is missing.

So I've decided to spend the weekend filling the freezer with meals. I do like the commercial places - Let's Dish, My Girlfriend's Kitchen, Your Dinners, etc - however, I find them rather expensive and not necessarily great given the list of food allergies and what various humans do and do not eat. Canine # 1 is much easier to feed - rice, veggies, meat or fish, and some fish oil and garlic for her little doggie heart. And no matter what you make Canine # 1, she thinks you're the greatest cook on the planet and the most amazing and heroic individual of all time, just because you fed her. Damn, I want to be a dog. Or at least replace my humans with canines. Much easier to take care of. Then again, the humans never go to the bathroom on the floor.

So does anyone have any suggestions on what this girl can cook and freeze??? So far my list consists of:

• macaroni and cheese
• eggplant parm
• spinach manicotti
• cauliflower soup
• lemon-butter flounder
• beans and rice / peas and rice
• roast veggies

Ideas, any, veggie or not veggie, are greatly appreciated.