Tag Archives: grilling

Fire-roasted green chiles

Fire-roasted green chiles

It’s August, and that means it’s pepper season! Finally! We may not get enough sun and heat in Seattle to really successfully grow peppers, but luckily we’re just a few hours away from great, organic peppers growers. The Yakima Valley … Continue reading

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CSA Challenge Meals #29, #30, plus RIBS!

BBQ Pork Spareribs Dinner

BBQ Pork Spareribs Dinner This meal didn't actually use anything from the CSA, but that's ok, because it was so darn good! Friday and Saturday, there was entirely too much BBQ stuff on Food Network making us hungry, and Seattle … Continue reading

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CSA Challenge Meals #26, #27, #28

Shrimp in tomatillo sauce with rice, beans and avocado

Shrimp in tomatillo sauce with rice, beans and avocado We got tomatillos in our basket last week, so of course we had to make another easy sauce. First, boil 6-8 tomatillos, 1 jalapeno, 3-4 garlic cloves and a small onion. … Continue reading

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CSA Challenge Meal #9

Roasted veggies and grilled pork

Roasted veggies and grilled pork Now that we're back from vacation, we can resume our CSA Challenge! We missed 2 full weeks of fresh veggies, so I was happy to go pick up our basket this week. This week we … Continue reading

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CSA Challenge: Meal #7

Beet and chard salad

Beet and chard salad Leah did all the work for this meal, which turned out great! She made a salad of sauteed swiss chard and chiogga beets, topped with feta cheese, a few sliced turnips and a vinaigrette with oregano … Continue reading

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CSA Challenge: Meal #5

Salad with grilled prawns and avocado

Salad with grilled prawns and avocado We had a salad planned for Sunday night's dinner because we needed to use up some lettuce and veggies from the previous week and also knew we would be getting more lettuce and greens … Continue reading

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CSA Challenge Meal #3, sorta

Grilled Burgers and veggies

Grilled Burgers and veggies Ok, well, this meal consisted mostly of farmer's market stuff, but we did use a couple of the CSA onions, so it still counts! The meal itself was very simple: grilled corn, grilled asparagus and grilled … Continue reading

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