june 13-17

• Coconut-Lime Chicken & Snow Peas Since we got a bunch of snow peas in our CSA this week, we thought we try out this recipe. I would have liked a little more coconut flavor (next time I think I'd sprinkle dried coconut over top). The plan was to use radicchio instead of red cabbage, but I ate it all, oops! Since we needed some red, we used radishes from our CSA and strawberries. We had some extra oranges so we added those as well as black sesame seeds.
  
• Grilled Scallops with Honeydew-Avocado Salsa Very tasty...I was alittle concerned that the scallops would be kind of blah only grilled with salt and pepper, but I was surprised how good they were "plain". When I was making the honeydew avocado salad, I thought it looked unappealing...two green "fruits" so I added a mango for color but it made the salsa even tastier!

• Sugar Snap Peas & Shrimp Curry pretty good but probably needed a rice to soak up some of the sauce...it was pretty runny. I had some collards from the farmer's market that I sauted with it and the sugar snap peas are from our CSA.

• Enchiladas Suizas (Creamy Enchiladas with Chicken, Tomatoes, and Green Chile) This had a ton of flavor for just a few ingredients. The sauce consisted of tomatoes, jalapeno, and salt. The recipe called for 2 jalapenos. We did buy 2 in our shopping but used one in another dish. Eric said he couldn't taste the spice, but I could. So depending on how much spice you like, adjust how many jalapenos you put in. I took the easy way out and used canned tomatoes...definitely need a food processor for this one. Since Eric doesn't like onions (well, unless they're fried in rings), I chopped up the garlic scape from our CSA. Still had snow peas so I sauted some in a little olive oil/salt/pepper. Also, I used the chicken from the coconut lime chicken recipe that we didn't use in the salad.
  
• Carne Asada with Black Beans

june 5 - 11

more new ones...

• Spaghetti with Spinach, Tomato, and Goat Cheese Since we loved the fried goat cheese from last weeks recipe, we decided to fry the goat cheese again. I sliced the garlic scape we got from our CSA also.
  
• Shrimp and Minty Couscous Salad Okay this maybe my new craving! I wouldn't have thought that the mint would taste so good in the couscous! Also, Eric isn't too crazy about couscous but he said that this way actually flavorful...ha, ha! I used whole wheat couscous. Eric found brown tomatoes at our Food Lion (surprise, surprise). They were a good addition.
  
• Penne with Asparagus, Sage, and Peas this was okay...needed something else.
  
• Spicy and Sticky Baby Back Ribs not a last minute dinner... needs to be marinated overnight and needs 3 hours in the oven BUT so worth it! I made a cauliflower mash (instead of a mashed potato)... it's a really good substitute if you want something lighter with the meat. We have a new food processor (I broke our old one) and added in milk which wasn't needed (b/c the processor is so nice). I processed it with some butter and sour cream.

• Chicken Tacos with Honey Chipotle Sauce To save myself some chopping time, I threw all the ingredients for the honey chipotle sauce into the food processor. This was a great sauce!
  
• Red Apple Salad with Oranges and Feta The dressing here was tasty and light. We had some prosciutto so I put them in the oven to crisp (375 for about 10-15 mins). We tossed some almonds in also and substituted the feta for blue cheese.
  

strawberry shortcakes...

We got a ton of strawberries from our CSA box this Saturday and we're making good use of them! We topped some over a chicken salad last night and then this morning for breakfast, I made shortcakes. The boys loved them....Eden wouldn't try them, silly girl! They were sooooo good. I found a Paula Deen recipe on Food Network. I didn't have half and half so I used whole milk. Eric said the sprinkled sugar on top made them. Oh for the cream, I mixed some mascarpone cheese with some powdered sugar and add a dash of vanilla.

with some chocolate mint from our herb pots...

the boys don't like green stuff...

so here's theirs without...