Did anyone else obsessively read The Monster at the End of This Book starring Grover of Sesame Street when they were little? I’m pretty sure my parents contemplated burning it so they wouldn’t have to read it to me again.
With “lovable, furry old Grover” as my inspiration, I’ve decided to work backwards through today’s CSA eats. First up: dinner. Nothing too fancy tonight – just simple deliciousness. We had some CSA lamb chops, seasoned with salt, pepper, and sage and pan fried:
and Swiss chard, sauteed with garlic, onion, (barely) hot pepper, and tomatoes:
All together:
For lunch I played with a new, super secret ingredient from our CSA: spey cabbage.
According to the CSA newsletter, spey cabbage is a very common crop in Cambodia, but it’s hard to find any information about it in English. It is a cabbage, but a very delicate, mildly spicy variety. I made it into a salad along with some of our CSA tomatoes, non-CSA avocado, and the remaining basil-y bean dip from the other day. It was fabulous! Very crunchy and crinkly, but not quite as chewy or fibrous as the cabbage you can find in the grocery store. It was a nice alternative to lettuce.
And now we’ve come to the scary part of our post…the monster! (Hide yourself, Grover!)
That’s right, it’s a green monster bowl of oatmeal!! We bought some bagged spinach early in the week to tide us over until our CSA share came, and it’s slowly going bad in the bottom of the refrigerator. Solution? Blend with almond milk and add to oatmeal along with sunflower seed butter, cinnamon, and frozen berries and cherries. It might look scary, but it doesn’t taste spinach-y at all, and adds some nutritional oomph to breakfast.
See, Grover? There was nothing to be scared of after all!
Green Monsters with berries are so yummy. I need some lamb chops in my life right now…asap.
I love lamb. We don’t eat it too often so this was a treat!
i loved that book as a child.
and then when i was taking a philosophy class and writing a paper on existentialism using the little prince instead of sartre because, you know, i’d actually read the little prince, unlike No Exit, i ended up finding out that on wikipedia that book is described as a “post-modern childrens book”
turns out i was DEEP as a child. and so were you!
I figured that you were a smart lady – nice to know I am too (or at least was as a child). 😉
I’ve never had lamb chops before! What do they taste like?
And that oatmeal is so yummy isn’t it? For some reason it’s super filling too!
It’s tough to describe the taste of lamb! It’s very earthy – not to be gross but it shares similar chemicals to B.O., so it tastes a little funky, but in a good way. You’re probably never going to want to eat lamb after that description, but I swear that it is a pleasant, complex taste, not a gross one!
The oatmeal is undisputedly yummy. I love getting a dose of veggies in with breakfast!
Have you tried avocado oats? I love the bright green color and they are super creamy and delicious 🙂
I haven’t tried that but it’s a genius idea!
Hey! I just found your blog and was delighted to see that book at the beginning of this post, I LOVED this book as a kid, and yes, I was obsessive about it, I think my parents might have contemplated burning it also! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
I have yet to try the green oatmeal, but it looks intriguing! 🙂
Hi Amanda! I’m so glad you found my blog – I’m looking forward to reading yours too!