CSA Logbook - Bok Choy & Kale

I finished last week's share of veggies after this week's arrived. I hope that this won't become a trend, but based on past experience, it probably will.

 Remaining veggies from week 1:

 head of bok choy
many kale

 With the bok choy, I made my favorite stir fry from Budget Bytes. I thinly sliced the bok choy, greens and stalks, and swapped it for the cabbage in the recipe. I also swapped the ground beef for some leftover tofu. 




Also, I usually store ginger root in my freezer to keep it around for awhile. To thaw it enough for grating, I put it in the microwave for a few seconds. As I found out the hard way, one minute will lead to cooked ginger, which is very tough and largely useless. As a result, my stir fry ended up quite garlicky, which I enjoyed, but the garlic-ginger balance is one of the highlights of this recipe. 

 I ate it with the last few corn fritters from last week. Somewhat of an odd combination, but still very good.

New veggies from week 2:

many more kale
3 large green onions
small bunch of garlic scapes
large bunch of spinach

 In a big pot, I cooked down the kale from weeks 1 and 2 with olive oil and salt. Some I ate as a side for the stir fry and other leftovers, and the rest I stored for a later use. 

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