Spring Onion Pesto & Pasta

I like to experiment.  Sometimes my experiments go straight to the garbage can and sometimes I hit a home run.
Score one for Sarah.  There were some gorgeous spring onions in my CSA box this week along with a garlic scape.  I looked in my pantry and saw some slivered almonds and the last remaining garlic [...]

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Strawberry Ice Cream

I got a pint of the most awesome strawberries ever courtesy of HighCross Farm.  The weather has been unbearably hot on Wisconsin.  I thought some ice cream would be appropriate. 
I found this recipe here.  I liked this recipe because you use two eggs.  That’s it.  Not the typical 8 egg yolk recipe traditional ice cream [...]

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CSA Box 4

HighCross Farm does it again by giving me another incredible CSA box.
In the box this week:

Kohlrabi
Garlic scape
Baby beets with greens
Spinach
Strawberries
Green onions
2 types of lettuce

I can’t wait to see what I can do with this week’s box!

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Yukina

I had gotten a beautiful head of Yukina in my CSA box and wanted to do something other than a stir fry.  It has a delicate taste to it, so I thought it might go nice with pasta.  I was right.
This is what I came up with.

I took the yukina and mixed it in with [...]

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Lasagna Roll ups

I got another really big bag of spinach in my CSA box this week.  I thought lasagna roll ups would be a great way to utilize the spinach.
Spinach Roll Ups:

6-7 lasagna noodles, cooked according to package directions.
1 26 oz can of spaghetti sauce
1 lb ground Italian sausage
5 basil leaves, chopped
1 15 oz container part skim [...]

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Strawberry Tarts

Nothing beats farm fresh strawberries..nothing.  HighCross Farm delivered some of the sweetest berries, I can honestly say, I have ever had.
I decided to forgo the usual strawberry shortcake and mix it up a little bit.  I had some puff pastry cups in the freezer and a basic pastry creme recipe from my grandmother.  Puff pastry, [...]

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CSA Box 3

In the box this week:

Strawberries!!!
Green onions
Lettuce
Spinache
Sage flowers
Arugula flowers
Yukina

Love it!  I will be updating slowly but surely this weekend (it’s a very busy weekend for the Nett  family).  I have a pasta dish using the Yukina and I will be making Lasagne Roll-ups as well.  So keep checking back.  I should have everything posted by Sunday [...]

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Spinach Salad with a Warm Bacon Dressing

The spinach at HighCross Farm is sublime.  I decided to utilize my big bag of spinach and make a salad.
I always loved the warm bacon dressing that accompanied a spinach salad in the restaurants, and wondered if I had the ingredients here to come up with my version of a warm bacon dressing.
I must say, [...]

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Seared Steak & Bleu Cheese over a Wilted Waido Salad

I love the fact I got a nice big head of Waido in my HighCross Farm CSA box this week.  Waido is a type of Mizuna, part of the Brassica family.  Brassicas contain glucosinolates which may inhibit the certain types of cancers. I’m just sayin’…
I decided to try a wilted salad.  I thought it would [...]

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Pancetta, Waido, Arugula, Tomato Sandwich w/ Green Garlic Aioli

I took the classic BLT and gave it a makeover.  I was inspired by a recipe I found at epicurious.  I made my own green garlic aioli (more on that later).  Instead of bacon and lettuce, I opted for pancetta and the awesome waido and arugula I had gotten in my CSA box this week from [...]

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