Basket Case

The weekly farm share allotment - and therefore the weekly challenge of what to do with this latest batch of vegetables.
I never know what I’m going to be bringing home, which results in a bit of seat-of-the-pants planning if I’m going to use everything up before they lose their fresh from the farm taste. This is actually quite a lot for two people.

Two pounds of tomatoes-     We’ll finish these if I have to eat them like apples

Two pounds of squash-         New recipe needed. Cheese and bread crumbs??

Two cukes, two pickling cukes-   One of the cukes already consumed standing

                                                 at the kitchen sink. Also good sliced thin in
                                                plain yogurt with a little sugar and dried dill.
Garlic-                                Darn. Just bought a head at the grocer store this week.                                                          Thank heaven it keeps forever. Wonder if the other member
                                             of the team could be persuaded to try it roasted.                                   
1 red cabbage-                    Time for my killer German red cabbage recipe.
1 pound of potatoes-            Maybe a stew – beef? chicken?
1 pound of onions -              These small red ones are interesting – almost look
                                                like shallots. Maybe boiled with a little butter on top?
1 eggplant -                         Last time I came home with an eggplant, I did a simple 
                                               oven fry by coating slices in corn meal and flour, a 
                                               little Italian seasoning, then brushing both sides with     
                                               olive oil. Perfection.

Okay. I’ve got this.