Today in the Box of Organics

The great thing about this service from Farm Fresh to You - is that they provide recipes to go with this stuff. (I have no idea how to prepare Chard for instance, but they provide a recipe).

I can see a potato leek soup totally happening over the holiday weekend! I'm also going to try an orange sorbet in my ice cream maker.

I'm going to broil the brussels in olive oil, garlic and a sprinkle of cumin - and see if David will try them. Brussel sprouts are one of those vegetables that if they were boiled into submission when you were a child - you probably hate with a passion. But prepared right they can be little flavorgasm filled sprouts of yumminess. :)

So looking at the box ingredients below - anyone have a particularly delish recipe that uses some or a few of the ingredients? I'm going to give fennel one more try - before (like kale) adding it to the "no thank you!" list.

In this weeks' box:

- 3 lbs Navel oranges
- 2 lbs Bartlett Pears
- 1.5 lbs Loose Leeks
- 1.5 lbs Meyer Lemons
- 1 bunch Green Chard
- 1 lb. Fresh Brussel Sprouts
- 1.2 lb. Baby Mixed Lettuce
- 1 bulb Fennel

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A Chanticleer Christmas

Known especially for their dazzling Christmas programs, this Bay Area treasure recorded their holiday concert in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. This program was made into a PBS special, and you can hear it Christmas Night at 8 on KDFC.