Bounty for sure!

I've not blogged in a while, but I've been cooking and preparing nonstop. AND I realized that I LOVE beet greens! I think I've always cut them off because they were never so fresh. Always wilted and browning. I made them twice and in between went to Table Local Market in Bedford Hills to get more. I couldn't get enough of them!

Beets and their greens

I boiled the beets and the greens separately then chilled them, then added a vinaigrette dressing. I would usually roast beets, but it's too hot to turn on the oven.

Beets and their greens again, bought at Table Local Market

And again!

So many carrots! I made a quinoa, chickpea, carrot salad with a lemon vinagrette. With the leftovers, I added an egg and made patties that I sauteed in olive oil.

quinoa, chickpea and carrot salad

Oh, and I made garlic scape pickles!

Yummy!

And then, because the watercress was a bit spicy, I decided to tame it. I boiled it, and the stems, along with sauteeing the leeks, an onion and some garlic. Also boiled the new potatoes. Mixed it all together with an immersion blender and had watercress potato soup

watercress, potato soup

Great hot and cold!

We also had many salads from the awesome lettuce and I made a great vegetable stock from the remnants of many of the vegetables

turkey vegetable srock

The plums this last week were awesome, we just ate them as is. Can't wait until Wednesday for the next pick-up!