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Itwas ... Fennel! Poisoning!

For dinner tonight, i baked 2 pans of cornbread, 4 russet potatoes and 4 beets. be ate his potatoes with cheddar and broccoli while i used butter and salt & pepper.

I'm going to grate the beets and mix them with a mustardy dressing for lunch tomorrow. The recipe is from The Vegetarian Bistro and is very refreshing in that sweet/sour beet kind of way.

The last thing i cooked was that pesky fennel. Dude recommended braising it so i improvised and it actually came out quite good. be HATED it and thought i was trying to poison him with the licorice taste. There was a slight fennel seed aroma but it didn't really taste like licorice to me. be thinks i've "fried my tastebuds" with all the hot sauce and chiles i've eaten over the years; according to him i can't taste anything anymore, but that's just his excuse as a hot sauce wimp.

I cut the fennel stalks and leaves off, cut the bulb into 8 pieces and seared them with olive oil and garlic. When they started to caramelize on the edges, i added a cup of vegetable stock and seasonings, covered the pan and let it cook for a few minutes. I actually liked the texture and the flavor wasn't too bad.

Now we are down to: 2 bags carrots, 1 bag baby carrots, 3 yellow squash, 1 mysterious bag full of lettuce, 1 lb dandelion, 1 bag red chard stems, 3 kabocha squash, 1 butternut squash, 2 granny smith apples, 2 tangelos, 1 pear, 2 sweet potatoes and 8 russet potatoes. Also note we cancelled the box last Friday and will cancel the one for this week as well.

posted by beXn @ 11:24 PM