{"id":10695,"date":"2012-06-03T15:06:17","date_gmt":"2012-06-03T21:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=10695"},"modified":"2012-06-03T16:17:06","modified_gmt":"2012-06-03T22:17:06","slug":"cooking-from-the-garden-week-3-bok-choy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2012\/06\/cooking-from-the-garden-week-3-bok-choy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooking from the garden week 3:  Bok choy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Week 3:  spinach, spring greens, red leaf lettuce, scallions, cilantro &#038; bok choy!<\/p>\n<p>Bok choy is the new kid on the block this week.  I am fairly new to bok choy also.  My folks have been using it for some time and I finally gave it a try a month or so ago and love it.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun12\/CSAWeek35897.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun12\/CSAWeek35897b.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bok choy is typically used in a stir fry but my folks (and now me, too!)  like it in salad, used like celery with a veggie dip, on a sandwich for some crunch&#8230;it is very versatile with great texture and taste.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun12\/CSAWeek35899.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun12\/CSAWeek35899b.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As I keep cooked brown rice at the ready and I had a last bit of cooked chicken &#8211; a stir fry with some of the bok choy was in order.  I mixed a little sesame oil and sunflower oil until hot &#8211; threw the bok choy and some mini sweet peppers in for a minute, then the rice and chicken.  I added a wee bit of Oy Vay&#8217;s veri veri teriyaki (another great recommendation and gift from my folks!!).  Top with some cashews and cilantro.  Fresh pineapple on the side.  A very good, very quick, very healthy,  supper from the garden.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun12\/CSAWeek35851.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun12\/CSAWeek35851b.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been keeping a bowl of pickled cucumber and onion going.  This week, I added some of the bok choy and grated beets.  That worked!  The vinegar with just a bit of sugar and whatever herbs sound good &#8211; soften, &#8220;pickle&#8221; and enhance the texture of the raw vegetables.  It makes a light and refreshing slaw kind of salad.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun12\/CSAWeek35854.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun12\/CSAWeek35854b.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More spinach so I bought more mushrooms.  I LOVE spinach and mushrooms sauteed in butter.  I add the mix to rice, with cheese and mashed avocado to make a quesadilla, to a grilled cheese sandwich, or just on the plate with a poached egg on top.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun12\/CSAWeek35877.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun12\/CSAWeek35877b.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Due to the schedule this past week, grilled cheese hit the supper table a few times&#8230;mostly with pesto.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun12\/CSAWeek35847.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun12\/CSAWeek35847b.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pesto did double duty also as the &#8220;sauce&#8221; for english muffin pizzas.  These pizzas and the grilled cheese had pesto made with spring greens, cilantro, a little basil, garlic, salt, olive oil, parmesan and sunflower seeds.  I am very much liking the sunflower seeds in place of the spendy pine nuts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun12\/CSAWeek35908.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun12\/CSAWeek35908b.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a search for ideas for the scallions, I saw a recipe for scallion pesto.  This was also in the middle of my &#8220;what constitutes pesto?&#8221; search.  I was a bit taken aback by the scallion pesto as I thought: &#8220;Wow&#8230;this isn&#8217;t even green?&#8221; &#8230;but it is because the onion tops are used along with the white part.  <\/p>\n<p>Bottom line, it is a pale green, and I subbed sunflower seeds again, but all else the usual pesto ingredients.  It was so good that the photo is the bit I froze as I ate all that I put in the cute mason jar before I got around to taking a photo :) !   The dark green package is the spring green\/cilantro pesto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 3: spinach, spring greens, red leaf lettuce, scallions, cilantro &#038; bok choy! Bok choy is the new kid on the block this week. I am fairly new to bok choy also. My folks have been using it for some time and I finally gave it a try a month or so ago and love [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-csa","category-food"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10695"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10706,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10695\/revisions\/10706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}