I got a $30 mystery veggie box from QVM and am planning my weeks food. Thought I would share here for a bit of fun to see what other suggestions I get. I also have some chuck steak in the freezer and a pretty good pantry.
My ideas so far include
- pumpkin and parsip soup
- maybe grilling those capsicums as a side dish
- mashed potatoes and a hearty stew (onions and carrots)
But I am open to suggestions!
Roast them all as prep, then serve with spicy peanut sauce. Except the pumpkin, I'd give that to someone who likes pumpkin.
oooh spicy peanut sauce! YAAS. Lately I've been grating a carrot+zucchini and tossing it in the wok with onion, peanut butter, soy and brown sugar. Then toss through some noodles or rice. But peanut sauce on roast veges might be a good change.
And yeah, once a year about this time I go 'yay pumpkin' then I eat a bunch and go back to sweet potato. I do like some pumpkin soup, or a pumpkin rissoto.
seed, oil & season the pumpkin with salt, pepper, cardamom and roast cut side down until soft, cool & scoop out meat
sweat dice carrots, celery, onion (season as you go)
add pumpkin
cover with chicken stock & cook
use immersion blender to puree, finish with a little butter
Cardamom pumpkin soup is demanded by my family in the winter
Ooooh...ok this is HAPPENING. That will be Tues/ Wednesday. I will report back
If you don't have an immersion blender, use care when blending hot food, it needs to be vented or you'll be wearing hot soup (so will the walls...and ceiling...probably some on the dog too.
Also, grind the cardamom or use a strainer to remove the large pieces after pureeing.
Enjoy!