Sauteed agretti and kale with ginger

Sauteed agretti and kale with ginger
Originally uploaded by wbajzek

Wednesday is delivery day from our CSA, and we have a lot leftover from last week. Since I'm working from home today, I decided to prepare some as an experiment and perhaps as lunch if it turned out well.

This is agretti and kale sauteed with ginger. Actually, I steamed them for 5 minutes or so first. I think it's pretty fantastic, the sweet/salty/savory flavor of the agretti compliments the kale well, and the ginger ties them together.

I wasn't sure what to do with the agretti at first, but the stems seem to be edible so just cut the ends off and you're good to go. 

stuffed squash

Tonight's dinner was one of those "what can I make with what I have in the kitchen?" creations. It began with baking a squash of unknown variety. Then I decided to stuff the squash, so I had to see what I had. I ended up making a goo of:

• margarine
• channa masala spices
• red onion
• minced kale
• cashew butter
• chopped almonds
• raisins
• orange blossom honey
• salt
• nutritional yeast
  
• water

Sounds bizarre, perhaps, but I incorporated some ideas from some past squash stuffings and followed my taste buds, and it came out well. The last steps were to add cashew butter and nutritional yeast, then stir in water little by little until it took on kindof a creamy consistency.