Spigorello & Sorrel. Those were the wrenches thrown into the CSA last week

Spigorello is a leafy green that looks like lacinato kale, but  tastes more like broccoli, sort of. I shredded it, blanched in water, then sauteed with one of the spring onions in olive oil. Drizzled a bit of honey into it, to tame the bitterness. My 7 year old and I loved it. My daughter wouldn't try it. For my husband, it was not love at first bite, and he never got to a second bite. He actually spit it out into his napkin in disgust. I don't know what his issue was, but to me, the spigorello was pretty tasty. That being said, if I saw it being sold somewhere, I wouldn't opt to buy it, but it was nice to try something new.

Spigorello

The sorrel

This stuff is so tangy raw. I decided it would be excellent on fish. I made a sorrel and cream sauce. Then I made some pecan crusted salmon and served it with the sauce. This sauce was so good, I'm definitely making it over and over again. I could eat it by the bowful plain.

Chopped sorrel & spring onion

I made a chiffonade of the sorrel and chopped up some spring onion into a fine dice. Then I sauteed that in some butter. Added half a cup of heavy cream, salt & white pepper. Done!

Pecan crusted salmon on sorrel cream sauce

The pecan crust was basically pecans and some tarragon and basil from my garden mixed with some butter. Then I baked the fish for 15 minutes.

I finally made my own granola bars. This has nothing to do with the CSA or my garden, but I've been wanting to do this for a while now. They are really good.

Granola bars

Ingredients

• 1/2 c. honey 
• 1/2 c. brown sugar
• 1/2 c. peanut butter
• 2 c. quick oats
• 2 c. Rice Krispy cereal
• 1/4 c. flax seed
• 1 c. total of your favorite mix-ins {I used chocolate chips, mixed nuts and some shredded coconut}

In a small sauce pan, mix honey {or corn syrup} and brown sugar.

Cook over medium-high heat until sugar is completely dissolved – stirring constantly.

Remove from heat and quickly stir in peanut butter.

Mix the oats, cereal, flax seed, and optional wheat germ in a large bowl.

Pour honey mixture over dry ingredients — mix well.

Stir in chocolate chips, nuts, fruit, and any other “mix-ins"

Last week was so hot that I didn't do much cooking. I made a lot of simple salads with all the lettuce, carrots, spring onions - which are so sweet you can eat them plain.

Simple salad

And, I'm still throwing scapes into just about everything!

Broccoli with garlic scapes

I'm looking forward to the CSA pick up today. I saw on the list that we'll be getting beets and watercress among other things. I love beets and watercress!