csa recipes Archives - 2 Sisters 2 Cities

Posted by 2 Sisters 2 Cities on August 21, 2012

One of my favorite summer memories from growing up is sitting on our back deck shucking bags of corn. We have finally started to get corn in our CSA and I have been looking for different ways to serve it up. The standard in our house is of course good old corn on the cob, but there are many other types of corn recipes out there.

CORN RECIPES FROM AROUND THE WEB:

Cheesy Corn and Black Bean Dip from Hot Eats and Cool Reads
Corn Cakes from We Are Not Martha
Corn Casserole from Paula Deen
Corn Chowder with Chilies from The Pioneer Woman
Corn Salad from Ina Garten
Grill Roasted Corn Salad from The Healthy Foodie
Roasted Hot Corn Succotash from Cooking Shorts
Spicy Grilled Corn on the Cob from Bobbi’s Kozy Kitchen
Summer Corn Pudding from Pink Parsley
Zucchini Cheddar Corn Muffins from two peas & their pod

CORN RECIPES FROM OTHER BLOGGERS:

Bloggers, please link up as many corn recipes as you would like:

Too much summer produce and not enough ideas on how to prepare them? Be sure to check out the Fresh Produce Tuesday tag! We have a large assortment of recipes for the following types of produce: Peas, Radishes, Lettuce, Kale, Carrots, Chard, Raspberries, Zucchini, Eggplants, Heirloom Tomatoes, and Beets.

Posted by 2 Sisters 2 Cities on August 14, 2012

I can’t really say that I love beets, but we get them in our CSA about every other week so I am learning to embrace them. I was able to find lots of beet recipes this week that I would like to try with our next batch of beets. One recipe I did make a few weeks ago that I loved was beet chips (recipe below.) I received a food processor as a wedding gift and never took out all the attachments to see what they did. Turns out, it has an awesome mandoline attachment that thinly slices things up in less than a second. Did I mention it is our five year wedding anniversary this week? I could have used this so many times over the last five years! Lesson learned- always read your small appliance manuals so you learn about all the extra functionality they might have.

BEET RECIPES FROM AROUND THE WEB:

Baked Golden and Red Beets with Anise Vinaigrette from food & style
Beet and Apple Salad from Katie Brown
Beet Chips from Martha Stewart Everyday Food, January 2010
Beet Napoleons from Real Simple
Beet Risotto with Goat Cheese from Tasty Kitchen Blog
Chocolate Beet Cake with Beet Cream Cheese Frosting from Joy the Baker
Farro, Beet, and Herb Salad from What’s Gaby Cooking
Golden Beet Slaw from Martha Stewart Living, April 2011
Mixed Greens Salad with Roasted Beets from The New York Times
Pickled Beets from Alton Brown

BEET RECIPES FROM OTHER BLOGGERS:

Bloggers, please link up as many corn recipes as you would like:

Too much summer produce and not enough ideas on how to prepare them? Be sure to check out the Fresh Produce Tuesday tag! We have a large assortment of recipes for the following types of produce:Peas,Radishes,Lettuce,Kale,Carrots,Chard,Raspberries,Zucchini,Eggplants, and Heirloom Tomatoes.

Posted by 2 Sisters 2 Cities on August 7, 2012

It’s finally time for my favorite type of summer produce: heirloom tomatoes! There are so many heirloom tomato recipes, but sometimes I just love to eat them plain with a little dash of kosher salt. These heirloom tomatoes in the above picture were from our last CSA box. Since I was out of town for BlogHer ’12, we had our CSA delivered a few days early. Here’s my weekly instagram of the CSA crops:

And because I love to show my photo bloopers, here are some of Baby T assisting with the shoot:

HEIRLOOM TOMATO RECIPES FROM AROUND THE WEB:

BBT (Bacon Basil Tomato) Sandwich from Sunset, September 2005
Caprese Israeli Couscous with Heirloom Tomatoes from Tasty Kitchen
Caprese Salad with Fresh Mozzarella and Tomatoes from Whole Foods Market
Corn Bread Salad from smitten kitchen
Eggs Kevin from Martha Stewart Living, June 2011
Gorgonzola and Mortgage Lifter Pizza from Cooking Light, August 2008
Heirloom Tomato and Avocado Stack from Cooking Light, June 2008
Heirloom Tomato and Basil Tart from Giada De Laurentiis
Heirloom Tomato Salad with Garlic Oil from Martha Stewart Living, June 2009
Tomato Basil Bruschetta from Annie’s Eats

HEIRLOOM TOMATO RECIPES FROM OTHER BLOGGERS:

Bloggers, please link up as many tomatoes as you have (they do not necessarily have to be heirloom tomato recipes.)

If you are looking for more summer recipe ideas for fresh produce, please be sure to check out the Fresh Produce Tuesday tag. We have a large assortment of recipes for the following:

Check back in next Tuesday for beet recipes!

Posted by 2 Sisters 2 Cities on July 31, 2012

I can’t believe is the last day of July! This summer has certainly been flying by. I have really been trying to take advantage of all the fresh produce that summer has to offer, which includes trying out these various eggplant recipes.

EGGPLANT RECIPES FROM AROUND THE WEB:

Eggplant and Ricotta Pizza from Pink Parsley
Eggplant Focaccia from Martha Stewart Everyday Food, September 2009
Eggplant Panini with Pesto from Skinnytaste
Eggplant Parmigiana from Mario Batali
Eggplant Rollatini from Mad Hungry, May 2011
Eggplant Salad Toasts from smitten kitchen
Grilled Eggplant and Goat Cheese Salad from Giada Delaurentiis
Grilled Eggplant Stack from Cooking Light, July 2007
Pasta with Eggplant from The Pioneer Woman
Roasted Eggplant Soup from Blogging Over Thyme

EGGPLANT RECIPES FROM OTHER BLOGGERS:

Please link up as many eggplant recipes as you like!

If you are looking for more recipe ideas for fresh produce, please be sure to check out the Fresh Produce Tuesday tag. We have a large assortment of recipes for the following:

Asparagus, Artichokes, Spring Onions, Peas, Garlic Scapes & Spring Garlic, Rhubarb, Fava Beans, Radishes, Lettuce, Morels, Strawberries, Kale, Carrots, Chard, Raspberries, and Zucchini.

And keeping with tradition, here’s my Instagram of my CSA pick-up from this past weekend. We’ve already used up the beets, tomatoes, and the melon- so good:

Next week for Fresh Produce Tuesday, we will be featuring my personal favorite, heirloom tomatoes! What’s your all-time favorite type of summer produce?

Posted by 2 Sisters 2 Cities on July 24, 2012

Zucchini is one summer vegetable that I love in the beginning of the season and start to dread by the end. I usually end up brushing the zucchini with a little olive oil, sprinkling it with a little S&P, and throwing it on the side of the grill to enjoy with whatever else we’re having. However, after pulling together this zucchini recipe compilation, I’m definitely looking forward to trying a few new ways of cooking up zucchini. So whether you are trying to use up a bumper crop of zucchini from your own garden or some you picked up at an urban farmers market, here are some new zucchini recipes to try.

ZUCCHINI RECIPES FROM AROUND THE WEB:

Cheesy Zucchini Rice from Pink Parsley
Fried Zucchini from Giada DeLaurentiis
Grilled Zucchini Tacos from Spoon Fork Bacon
Lemon-Zucchini Cornmeal Cookies from Martha Stewart Everyday Food, September 2009
Sauteed Shredded Zucchini from Annie’s Eats
Zucchini and Ricotta Galette from smitten kitchen
Zucchini Bake with Feta and Thyme from Kalyn’s Kitchen
Zucchini Bread from Paula Deen
Zucchini Cakes from The Pioneer Woman
Zucchini Carpaccio from Framed Cooks

ZUCCHINI RECIPES FROM OTHER BLOGGERS:

Please link up as many zucchini recipes as you like! Feel free to also submit any recipes for similar varieties of summer squashes such as yellow squash and patty pan squash.

If you are looking for more recipe ideas for fresh produce, please be sure to check out the Fresh Produce Tuesday tag. We have a large assortment of recipes for the following:

Asparagus, Artichokes, Spring Onions, Peas, Garlic Scapes & Spring Garlic, Rhubarb, Fava Beans, Radishes, Lettuce, Morels, Strawberries, Kale, Carrots, Chard, and Raspberries.

Next week for Fresh Produce Tuesday, we will be featuring eggplant.

P.S. Here’s my weekly Instagram photo from my CSA pick-up…yay for heirloom tomatoes!

Posted by 2 Sisters 2 Cities on July 17, 2012

With all of the fresh raspberries available at local farmers markets, I wanted to feature a number of raspberry recipes this week. Raspberries are one of baby T’s favorite foods as evidenced in this photo below. I can’t believe how quickly they disappear from his high chair tray sometimes! Our new house has some wild raspberry bushes around the perimeter, but I have only been able to pick a few at a time…our critter friends get the rest.

No raspberries in our CSA this weekend, but lot’s of other goodies! Here’s my weekly Instagram photo of our pick-up:

Raspberry Recipes from Around the Web:

One of my favorite desserts to make is this Chocolate-Rasberry Tart from Martha Stewart Everyday Food, May 2010. It’s really easy to pull together and the raspberry chocolate combination is perfect!

Here are 9 additional raspberry recipes:

Arugula, Berries, and Goat Cheese Salad from Perfect Pantry
Best Basic Cheesecake with Raspberries from Foodie with Family
Double Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes from Annie’s Eats
Fast Raspberry Scones from Martha Stewart Everyday Food, May 2010
Raspberry Cream Pie from The Pioneer Woman
Raspberry Cream Cheese Muffins from Cooking Light, June 2003
Raspberry Daiquiri from Cookie and Kate
Raspberry Sorbet from Completely Delicious
Rhubarb-Raspberry Crunch from All Recipes

Raspberry Recipes from Other Bloggers:

What are your favorite recipes for raspberries? Do you just pop them in your mouth as they are? Please link up as many raspberry recipes as you want!

If you are looking for more recipe ideas for fresh produce, please be sure to check out the Fresh Produce Tuesday tag. We have a large assortment of recipes for the following:

Next week for Fresh Produce Tuesday, we will be featuring zucchini. Stay cool!

Posted by 2 Sisters 2 Cities on July 10, 2012

Fresh Produce Tuesday is finally back this week with some great swiss chard recipes! I apologize for the 2 week hiatus, but I needed a little blogging break and am now feeling quite reinvigorated. My local CSA had it’s first pick-up last Saturday…I was so excited to pick it up. Here’s an instagram I took of my first bounty (on a side note, you can follow us on Instagram under the username 2sisters2cities!)

There was no swiss chard in this week’s pick-up, but there was some Red Russian kale, a variety that I had never tried before. I actually took the above photo of the swiss chard a few weeks ago. I used it to make a simple recipe of penne pasta, italian sausage, swiss chard, and grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. Here are 10 more swiss chard recipes I have found that look really good:

Swiss Chard Recipes from Around the Web:

Gemelli with Sausage, Swiss Chard, and Pine Nuts from Martha Stewart Everyday Food March/April 2003
Herb, Chard, and Feta Soup from Bon Appetit
Sauteed Swiss Chard with Bacon from Anne Burrell
Spaghetti with Swiss Chard and Garlic Chips from smitten kitchen
Spicy Asian Stir Fried Stir-Fried Swiss Chard from Kalyn’s Kitchen
Swiss Chard and Cheddar Quiche from Real Simple April 2011
Swiss Chard Pesto from Closet Cooking
Swiss Chard and Sweet Pea Manicotti from Pink Parsley
Swiss Chard Tzatziki from Martha Stewart Living
Tortellini Soup with Beans and Chard from Annie’s Eats

Swiss Chard Recipes from Other Bloggers:

Please link up any recipes with swiss chard as an ingredient. Feel free to submit as many recipes as you want!

If you are looking for more recipe ideas for fresh produce, please be sure to check out the Fresh Produce Tuesday tag. We have a large assortment of recipes for Asparagus, Artichokes, Spring Onions, Peas, Garlic Scapes & Spring Garlic, Rhubarb, Fava Beans, Radishes, Lettuce, Morels, Strawberries, Kale, and Carrots. Check back in next Tuesday, July 17th for raspberry recipe ideas and on July 25th for zucchini recipes.

Posted by 2 Sisters 2 Cities on June 19, 2012

I thought this week might be challenging to find a lot of different carrot recipes, but I definitely underestimated how many ways one can eat carrots. Although carrots can be found year-round in supermarkets, it’s always interesting to try out the various varieties and colors of carrots available from local farms. If you open yet another CSA box full of carrots and think “les carottes sont cuites” (translation: the carrots are cooked, meaning: you’re done for), here are 10 carrot recipes to get culinary inspiration.

Carrot Recipes from Around the Web:

Carrot and Yogurt Sauce from The Bon Appetit Test Kitchen
Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Maple-Cream Cheese Frosting from smitten kitchen
Carrot Juice Recipes from All About Juicing
Curried Carrot Soup from Rachel Ray
Grated Carrot Salad from Once Upon a Chef
Greek Veggie Wraps from Annie’s Eats
Papaya-Carrot Sorbet from Lemons & Anchovies
Parmesan Carrot Risotto from Martha Stewart Everyday Food, January 2009
Roasted Carrots from Ina Garten
Roasted Chicken and Carrots with Olives and Lemons from Real Simple

Carrot Recipes from Other Bloggers:

Please link up any recipes with carrots as an ingredient. Feel free to submit as many recipes as you want!

If you are looking for more recipe ideas for fresh produce, please be sure to check out the Fresh Produce Tuesday tag. We have a large assortment of recipes for Asparagus, Artichokes, Spring Onions, Peas, Garlic Scapes & Spring Garlic, Rhubarb, Fava Beans, Radishes, Lettuce, Morels, Strawberries, and Kale. Check back in next Tuesday, June 26th for our Chard post and on Tuesday, July 3rd for recipe ideas for Raspberries.

Posted by 2 Sisters 2 Cities on June 12, 2012

Kale is a vegetable that I have come to embrace in the summer over the past few years. It’s extremely nutritious and a great addition to so many recipes. I love to steam or sauté some up and add it to pasta dishes, but I’m really looking forward to making kale chips later this week! Here are 10 kale recipes that sound amazing:

Baked Kale Chips from smitten kitchen
Harissa Spaghettini from 101 Cookbooks
Kale and White Bean Soup from Real Simple
Kale, Spinach, and Pear Smoothie from Joy The Baker
Massaged Kale Salad from Aarti Sequeira
Pasta with Hot Italian Sausage, Kale, Garlic, and Red Pepper Flakes from Kalyn’s Kitchen
Sausage, Potato, and Kale Soup from The Pioneer Woman
Sauteed Kale from Bobby Flay
Tuscan Kale Caesar Slaw from Bon Appetit
Tuscan Kale Pasta with Lemon and Parmesan from Spoon With Me

Please link up your kale recipes below. It would be great if you could link back to 2 Sisters 2 Cities on kale post, but it is not required. Readers, please “like” the kale recipes below that you like the best!

If you have been getting lots of spring produce at your farmers market or CSA, be sure to check out the past weeks of our Fresh Produce Tuesday series for recipe ideas. We have tons of recipes for Asparagus, Artichokes, Spring Onions, Peas, Garlic Scapes & Spring Garlic, Rhubarb, Fava Beans, Radishes, Lettuce, Morels, and Strawberries. Please visit 2 Sisters 2 Cities again in the next couple of weeks as we are featuring carrots on June 19th and chard on June 26th. Anyone have any produce nominations for the month of July?

Posted by 2 Sisters 2 Cities on June 5, 2012

For this week’s Fresh Produce Tuesday series, we are featuring many amazing strawberry recipes. Strawberries are my all-time favorite fruit. I enjoy them almost year-round, but the most delicious ones are the fresh, local strawberries found every June from local farms. I love that strawberries are so versatile- I enjoy them in a smoothie or with Greek yogurt in the morning, with a spinach salad for dinner, in a sweet dessert, or I just pop them in my mouth just as they are.

I’ve been noticing fresh spring produce is abundant lately at the farmer’s markets. Here are recipe ideas for Asparagus, Artichokes, Spring Onions, Peas, Garlic Scapes & Spring Garlic, Rhubarb, Fava Beans, Radishes, Lettuce, and Morels in case you missed any of the previous weeks of our series.

I made this strawberry shortcake recipe a few weeks ago and loved how it turned out. I was a little shocked how much heavy cream was used in the shortcake base alone, but it created a perfectly tasting cake to douse with strawberries and whipped cream.

Here are 9 additional strawberry recipes that I love:

Fresh Strawberry Pie from Brown Eyed Baker
Homemade Strawberry Lemonade from My Baking Addiction
Strawberry Balsamic Thyme Freezer Jam from Foodie with Family
Strawberry Cupcakes with Strawberry Buttercream from Martha Stewart Living, February 2009
Strawberry Frozen Yogurt from Pink Parsley
Strawberry, Pistachio, and Goat Cheese Pizza from Cooking Light, May 2009
Strawberry Spinach Salad from Our Best Bites
Strawberry Shortcake Popsicles from Baker’s Royale
Strawberry Wine Coolers from Annie’s Eats

Here’s your chance to link up you favorite strawberry recipe. It would be great if you could link back to 2 Sisters 2 Cities or add our button to your strawberry post (our button can be found on the top of the right-hand column), but it is not required. Readers, please “like” the recipes below that you like the best!

Here is the Fresh Produce Tuesday schedule for the next few weeks:

Week #12- June 12th: Kale
Week #13- June 19th: Carrots
Week #14- June 26th: Chard