Farm share, week 15

[magid]

I think this is the heaviest share so far this year.

• 4 pounds of purple-skinned potatoes
  
• 4 pounds of sweet potatoes
  
• 4 yellow onions (I chose the largest I could see)
  
• 4 heads of garlic
  
• 2 medium heads of green cabbage
  
• 6 smallish Italian eggplants
  
• 6 big green peppers
  
• 4 large stalks of broccoli with their greens (large enough that I’d consider calling them heads)
  
• 24 small red tomatoes
  
• 1 pound of basil (half swapped for 2 more onions)
  
• 1.5 pounds of mixed salad greens
  
• take-what-you-want hot peppers and herbs (I chose Hungarian hot wax peppers, jalapenos, and some cayenne, leaving the habaneros for those who don’t have Scotch bonnets in their fridges, also a bit of tarragon, a bunch of parsley, and some red shiso)

First thoughts: stir-fried broccoli with tofu. Chicken baked with onion, cabbage, and apples (I’d thought of this originally with red cabbage, but I’ll use what I have), maybe also the tarragon. Roasted eggplants, peppers, and tomatoes. Colcannon. Baked sweet potatoes. Some kind of dessert-like dish incorporating sweet potatoes and apples?

Comments

[minoanmiss]

How about a sweet potato and apple gratin without the savory flavors and with spices instead?

[magid]

That sounds interesting! I must ponder.

[minoanmiss]

I used to make that on occasion for potlucks when I was younger -- I got the idea from _Himmel und Erde_ but I thought a gratin would be a more interesting texture than mashed. I should start doing so again so thank you for reminding me!