I should really be cooking something with CSA produce, but I don't feel like it! Meh.

I had lunch with Jen K. today and she had a good recipe for how to deal with unexpected CSA radishes if you get any.

We had broccoli with butter and melted cheese and spanikopita (so far) for dinner. So green vegetables with butter and cheese. There will probably be more grazing shortly.

Spanakopita is truly the yummiest way to get your spinach.

I'm trying a pizza flavored soufflé for dinner.

I had lunch with Jen K. today and she had a good recipe for how to deal with unexpected CSA radishes if you get any.

Send them to me? (Jen K.! I miss her!)

M and I successfully avoided getting more takeout tonight -- seems like we've been living off takeout for weeks now (and I will definitely be keeping up the tradition while he's in Germany). Instead we had TJ's latkes and leftover homemade pasta sauce with frozen ravioli. It was fine -- at least the pasta sauce had tomatoes and broccoli, so yay veggies.

I still kinda want a taco, though.

Send them to me?

I'll get it from her. It involves rose water and macerating with oranges to make a salad.

(Jen K.! I miss her!)

Me too! Or I did. She's been super busy since she and her beau, Matt, bought a house in Oakland and have been renovating and he's gotten a job so I hadn't seen her all summer.

But I got to see their cute place in Fruitvale (not far from Consuela), and all the work they're doing on it. (There will be a dedicated Lego Room.)

But radishes are so good with just salt! Maybe lime. And noms.

Spam fritters, peas and roast red potatoes.

Heh, the kids had indoor recess this week, and dragged me over to play with them. I was dreading Barbies or something, but no, it was a huge vat of Legos. I made a railroad crossing with a guard station.

For dinner we had pork chops and onions baked in homemade chicken stock with mustard. And spinach salad with Japanese dressing. It was pretty awesome, but probably not as awesome as duck and mashed potato tacos.

We're always away during too much of the year to do the CSA's (although I'm happy to hear about everybody's!) but this year I discovered that my favorite farmer at the farmers' market does this thing where you can pay at the beginning of the season, and then just get your veggies off your account all season, at a discount. I think that would be fabulous for me, both because it's cheaper, but also because it would be a good way to budget for produce.

I just looked it up online but this looks exactly like the recipe she was talking about:

*****

ORANGE AND RADISH SALAD

SERVES 4 TO 6

2 to 3 bunches, long or round red radishes

2 tablespoons, granulated sugar

juice of 1 lemon

1 tablespoon, orange flower water

salt

2 navel oranges

cinnamon

Wash and trim the radishes. Place in the blender jar and “grate” by turning the machine on and off. Do not puree. Remove and drain off the excess liquid. Place in the serving dish and sprinkle with the sugar, lemon juice, perfumed water, and salt to taste. Toss lightly and chill. Peel and section the oranges. (Save the juice for some other dish.) Just before serving, mix the orange sections with the grated radishes. Dust lightly with cinnamon and serve at once.