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Tips:GREENS,Turnips,PAK CHOI,Radish, Fennel RECIPES

TURNIPS:
Soup: http://recipes.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Creamed_Turnips_Recipe
Gratin: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Turnip-and-Onion-Gratin-12804
Pak Choi for stirfry or soup is good or Spring rolls.
General info and Ideas: http://vegbox-recipes.co.uk/ingredients/pak-choi.php

What can I do with greens? Answer: Everything and anything. RAw or cooked. Greens( not lettuce)
1.Salads, Soup or stirfry
2. Any recipe that calls for Spinach, sub Greens
3. Top cooked pizza with chilled chopped greens(or cook it on pizza like spinach, but I like raw in summer)
4. chop and put in eggs
5. Chop and put in pasta or rice raw or sauteed
6. Chop, marinade in vinegar and sugar and use in potato salads instead of relish
7. Chop and add to coleslaw
8. Can you juice them? Someone try it and let us know. :)
9. Add to Cucumber salad when we get them.
10. Make a Squash summer salad, like cuk salad, and add chopped greens.
Why EAt Greens?

~Green plant foods balance your pH.

~Dark greens include omega-3 essential fatty acids

~Chlorophyl in green plants acts as a blood detoxifier.

~High in nutrients and enzymes: iron, calcium, potassium, and magnesium and vitamins, including vitamins K, C, E, and many of the B vitamins

~Have beta-carotene, lutein, and zeaxanthin, which protect your cells from damage

~Greens are powerful antioxidants, and they support the immune system.

What to do w/Radish, besides salt them and eat raw before meals:
Summer Chicken and pasta salad: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Summertime-Chicken-and-Pasta-Salad/Detail.aspx
Roasted Rasishes with Radish Greens: http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/roasted-radishes-with-radish-greens

FENNEL: http://oldfashionedliving.com/fennel.html

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Sorrel Ideas/Recipe, Oregano,Garlic&Leek Tip

SORREL
1. Sorrel Pesto Recipe: http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/flatbread-with-sorrel-pesto-and-edible-weed-salad
2. Sorrel Idea for Dressing: Vinegar, O.J., Curry, Sesame Oil, water and
chopped sorrel.
3. Add Sorrel to Salad
OREGANO
1. Shrimp Oregano grill: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Grilled-Oregano-Shrimp-242828
2. Oregano Marinade: http://www.chow.com/recipes/10923-oregano-marinade
A Word about Baby Garlic & Baby Leek:
I use the green, meaty end first by slicing, then sliding my knife out. This removes the tender inner part of the leek or garlic, leaving the tuff outer skin. I do this all the way up to the white part and I use that last.

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Recipe for July 26

My Salad last nite
Dressing:
Red wine vinegar,
salt and pepper.
Dried or fresh dill,
one basil leaf,
water(add olive oil too if you want),
veganaise(or yogurt or mayo etc. )
chopped tomato
NUTS( I threw in a handful of my granola, it gave a nutty sweet flavor)
ADD WASHED AND RINSED COLLARDS AND CHOI

Traditional Southern Greens
Greens(use choi too)
Onion
Salsa or chopped tomatos
Garlic
Water
Vinegar
Salt and hot sauce to taste
Directions: Wash, Chop greens and place all in pot to boil then simmer (half hour). Serve with liquid.

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