Winter share, 2 of 11

[magid]

• four pounds of sweet potatoes
  
• four pounds of parsnips
  
• two pounds of carrots
  
• four small yellow onions (there are never enough alliums!)
  
• two heads of green cabbage (I chose regular over Savoy)
  
• a medium bag of spinach
  
• half a pound of mixed salad greens
  
• a pound of collards
  
• a pound of green curly kale

First thoughts: sweet potatoes and parsnips will do well in Thanksgiving food, as will carrots. I need to get a lot more onions (and white potatoes). Salad greens in a salad with cucumber, avocado, and vegan feta. Possibly kale salad. Collards sauted with onions and potatoes.

Comments

[minoanmiss]

"Collards sauteed with onions and potatoes"

perks ears up May I ask for the method?

[magid]

Um, what I did a few nights ago was start cooking a couple of diced onions over a medium-low flame (I used olive oil, since that's what I usually have around). Once they looked translucent, also a bit browned at the edges, I added a couple of diced potatoes, then topped that with chiffonaded collard greens (that I'd also cut cross-wise, to avoid very long bits of greens). I wanted the greens to add some moisture, and hold in the heat to cook the potatoes in the (lidless) frying pan. I added some salt both for flavor and to help the greens break down a little. At some point it seemed like things were sticking, so I add a bit of water and scraped/mixed things together. Once the potatoes were done, I broke in a few eggs, stirred everything around, added some TJs umami seasoning (because I've been in the mood to add it to so many things recently), made sure the eggs were done, then eat.

Not fancy cooking, just what I felt in the mood to make based on the ingredients I had around.

[minoanmiss]

That sounds delicious! I mostly wanted to get an idea of the textures, whether the potatoes and onions started out raw and so on

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[magid]

Oh, yes; I mostly start from raw veg, unless I'm incorporating leftovers, or adding pickled things (last night I used some sauerkraut in an improv boiled dinner type dish, for instance).