Tag Archives: Beet

Ruby-red Beet Consommé

I had about a dozen beets from the greenhouse in my fridge. They keep well, but they’d been there for more than a week, and I wanted to use them while they were still garden-fresh. (Even after a week, they … Continue reading

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Beet greens for lunch

The beets have been growing like gangbusters, but they are so close together that the actual beets have not grown much, just the greens. So it was a lucky day when Caitilin said that her husband was in the mood … Continue reading

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One beet, two meals; plus fennel and potatoes

We’ve reached the time of the spring season when the weather can’t make up its mind, zigzagging from hot and sultry to cool and rainy. The heat is causing some of the tender greens to bolt, but it is also … Continue reading

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Heat wave salad with raw beets and carrots

Like pretty much everyone else, we’re in the middle of a heat wave here in the Hudson Valley, and cooking is not a welcome activity. On our last workday, Logan mentioned that she liked to make a salad of raw … Continue reading

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“A meal any way you look at it”: Cooking from the greenhouse

I asked people in our group how they’d been cooking from the greenhouse lately. Lydia said, “I am just a fan of sautéing some onions and garlic and throwing in anything we picked from the greenhouse. I cook it for  … Continue reading

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