Grilled Goat Cheese, Apple & Persimmon Sandwich
I did not make this gorgeous loaf of Challah. I bought it on the West Mall of campus from UT Challah for Hunger for just $5. Challah for Hunger is a national project that empowers college students to raise funds for and bring awareness to national disaster and humanitarian issues by selling bread on campus once a week. The students make the bread themselves (for proof, check out the adorable pictures on their Facebook page) and they sell it every Wednesday from 12-3 PM. The UT chapter sells original, cinnamon sugar, and chocolate chip challah each week for just $5 a loaf, plus a...
Read MoreSpicy Green Beans with Beef
When I was a kid my mom would make a healthy, simple meal with ground beef, green beans, and soy sauce at least once a month. This dish was one of my favorites from childhood, and I started craving it soon after green beans came into season in Central Texas. I found four versions of green beans and beef in my kitchen’s recipe box. Gel’s Green Beans and Beef published by “Angelica” on Allrecipes.com most closely resembles my mom’s version. It’s very mild and a great fit for kids’ tender palates. I adapted that recipe to incorporate some...
Read MoreRoasted Beet and Goat Cheese Pizza
Earlier this week I read a wonderful article in The Atlantic online by Austin’s own Carol Ann Sayle, co-owner and co-founder of Boggy Creek Farms. In “Eat Shoots and Leaves: A Case for the Whole Vegetable”, Sayle argues that even conscious eaters among us waste a great deal food and money by discarding the greens that are attached to our CSA produce. (The greens attached to grocery store produce are DOA before the veggies even arrive at the store, but that’s another matter.) In her article, Sayle suggested a few recipes for salads that utilize radish greens, beet...
Read MoreSummer Squash Tacos
Veggie tacos are a great way to use up lots of produce because you can put almost anything spicy in a tortilla and- voila!- tacos! These tacos combine traditional harvest vegetables- sweet corn, summer squash, onions- with spicy peppers, tart lime, and salty Cotija cheese. The squash and peppers in these are straight out of this week’s Greenling Local Box. I had onions and limes on hand from previous deliveries, and the corn was a surprise! Let me explain. The “surprise me!” is an under-publicized item on the Greenling website, and one of my favorite ways to...
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