Winter share (first distribution), and Shabbat menu

[magid]

It's in a waxed-cardboard box I need to remember to bring back in two weeks.

• a short stalk of Brussels sprouts
  
• a biggish bunch of green curly kale
  
• a bag of washed mesclun (with noticeable water)
  
• a head of cauliflower
  
• two heads of red leaf lettuce
  
• a big stalk of broccoli
  
• two leeks
  
• five big carrots
  
• eleven parsnips ranging from small to medium
  
• five red onions
  
• two heads of garlic
  
• twenty-one potatoes, some red-skinned, ranging from tiny to large
  
• three turnip-y things, small, medium, and large
  
• and what looks like a large black radish

Definitely worth what I paid :-)

Shabbat menu:
challah, grape product
hummus
stuffed grape leaves (from a can)
roasted eggplant, cauliflower, and onion
baked winter squash (mixed carnival and butternut)
turkey thighs baked with cabbage, chunky apple-pear sauce, black pepper, cider vinegar, and thyme
plum-walnut crisp

And with the salad greens infusion, perhaps a green salad will happen too.

Shabbat shalom!

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Menu notes

[magid.livejournal.com]

The challah was slightly underbaked compared to what I usually make, but it was still ok. It's the second week with the white wheat flour, and I'm more inclined to use some sweetener with it, to balance out the flavor.

The turkey thigh experiment worked well. I baked them at 300 for a couple of hours uncovered, so the skin got crispy; there was enough liquid that the cabbage didn't dry out to nothingness.

Cooking the plum-walnut crisp longer than last time made all the difference.

I did make a green salad, with red leaf and mesclun, also scallions, slivered almonds, some tiny black olives, and a diced orange. I used some of the oil from the olives and balsamic vinegar for a dressing.

Also, I made a cake Friday for a birthday gathering today. It was the basic vegan chocolate cake recipe doubled, except
-I added chocolate chips.
-I added a lot of ginger and some nutmeg and cinnamon.
-I used half the sugar, and put in the end of some honey and molasses instead.

The intent was to make it partway between chocolate cake and gingerbread, and it worked. (I also put the birthday name in chocolate chips on top :-).