tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post2000659181703943808..comments2023-09-22T10:50:41.465-07:00Comments on Finny Knits: What the F I do with leeks. [RECIPE]FinnyKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08813175777047535103noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-17009884138328605952010-02-02T09:38:38.648-08:002010-02-02T09:38:38.648-08:00Welcome HayMarket - Follow along as I cook a ton o...Welcome HayMarket - Follow along as I cook a ton of vegetables because between my garden and our farmshare, there's a lot to be had. And, hey, why not post that Channa Masala recipe from your blog. It looked excellent and that's one of my favorite Indian dishes. Us meat heathens enjoy vegetarian fare, too, sometimes.FinnyKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08813175777047535103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-37209117525913700452010-02-02T08:38:58.930-08:002010-02-02T08:38:58.930-08:00Although I am vegan and my food blog has some diff...Although I am vegan and my food blog has some different food choices than yours, your blog rocks! I love the excitement (and language) that you use! Love it! I am a follower now! :)Vic Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302375491853619090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-35740644633880280642009-05-08T18:20:00.000-07:002009-05-08T18:20:00.000-07:00This looks great. A leek, wild rice, and mushroom ...This looks great. A leek, wild rice, and mushroom combo...I will keep this recipe handy!Phoo-Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01048641393951998481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-3154227313763930512009-04-08T17:22:00.000-07:002009-04-08T17:22:00.000-07:00So, I hate beets. But I found a way to get rid of ...So, I hate beets. But I found a way to get rid of them.<BR/><BR/>Chocolate beetroot cake.<BR/><BR/>SERIOUSLY. It tastes.. like chocolate cake. A tiny, tiny bit vegetal but still pretty damn good. I learned it from an awesome Australian chick, where choc. beetroot cake is apparently popular? hm. I took two cakes to two parties and didn't tell anyone what was in them, and it all got eaten.<BR/><BR/>Don't remember which recipe I used but here are two that look promising.<BR/><BR/>http://www.notquitenigella.com/2008/01/12/chocolate-beetroot-cake/<BR/><BR/>http://www.recipezaar.com/Chocolate-Beetroot-Cake-117009<BR/><BR/>Try them. Don't tell your husband what's in them. No one will ever knowwwww.Steph F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04906250592241383393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-42145131051835410542009-04-07T19:35:00.000-07:002009-04-07T19:35:00.000-07:00Wild rice: I like to cook it like pasta... simmer...Wild rice: I like to cook it like pasta... simmer with lots of water until desired doneness reached. (Around 45-50 minutes, if I remember correctly, but I also like it a little on the under-done side.)<BR/><BR/>Your recipe sounds great! I bet it would be tasty with pasta too. I also keep intending to try making leek and potato soup, but never remember to print out the ingredients before going to the store.<BR/><BR/>Beet ideas: pickled beets? borscht? (Don't ask me for actual recipes... I'm not a beet eater.)noricumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904523391639958451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-1256714468204056722009-04-07T09:48:00.000-07:002009-04-07T09:48:00.000-07:00Mmmm...I bet that that does smell good! Damn you, ...Mmmm...I bet that that does smell good! Damn you, now I want some Leeks.<BR/>I like beet greens better than I like beets themselves, so I cook the beet greens and I cook and then puree the beets and freeze the puree to be used later as an extrememly healthy additive to other dishes.<BR/>For instance, you could make Pink Pancakes with some of your beets: <BR/>http://www.recipezaar.com/Pink-Pancakes-259466<BR/>My husband wouldn't touch a beet with a ten foot pole and he can't even tell that there are super healthy beets in these pancakes.<BR/>Or you could try this: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Roasted-Beets-with-Garlic-Beet-Puree-101272<BR/>or this:<BR/>http://www.dlife.com/diabetes/diabetic-recipes/Balsamic-Beet-Puree/r4669.html;jsessionid=1D913AD388F2B885CBC06A947349C8C4<BR/>Beet puree is very versatile!<BR/>Good luck!Jemima Jones Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18166031427030581781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-34570525560163587192009-04-07T08:37:00.000-07:002009-04-07T08:37:00.000-07:00I was going to suggest pickling them, (don't know ...I was going to suggest pickling them, (don't know how, though) so you could save them for when you don't have 20 of them at a time. But then I saw SAHM suggest frying them like potato chips. I vote for that one.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882235346307802213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-88363584047534875152009-04-07T07:34:00.000-07:002009-04-07T07:34:00.000-07:00I need help with beets too. Although the beet chi...I need help with beets too. Although the beet chips sounds really good (and messy). Recently I've been eating them shredded on top of salads.<BR/><BR/>How much of the leek are you supposed to use? Just the white up to the pale green or all the way up? I recently made leek potato and fennel soup and it was fantastic AND I got to use my new immersion blender. It was great. Thanks for the leek recipe, I'll have to try it next time!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15628443856304986228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-74529108476320315422009-04-07T05:06:00.000-07:002009-04-07T05:06:00.000-07:00Gonna have to try Leeks now. That looks sooo good...Gonna have to try Leeks now. That looks sooo good.<BR/>I don't like beets either, unless they are made into chips. I use a mandolin to slice beets and sweet potatoes really thin and fry them up in oil until crispy. Drain on a towel and sprinkle with salt. Perfect sweet, salty, crunchy snack!Hellin Heelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839468215184698191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-33706962470593661462009-04-07T04:46:00.000-07:002009-04-07T04:46:00.000-07:00It was a recent planting, though none of them have...It was a recent planting, though none of them have come up yet. Bastards.<BR/><BR/>This looks YUM. Take THAT, you snooty French people and your haughty love of leeks! Finny's American neighbors kick your ass!<BR/><BR/>Wait. Your neighbors aren't French, are they?<BR/><BR/>And how can you not like collards? You cook those up for hours with diced onion, chicken stock, and a ham bone and tell me you don't love THAT, and then I'll believe you don't like collards. Until that time, I must believe it's only because you're a poor, ignorant Yankee and don't know how to cook them properly.<BR/><BR/>And beets? BEEEETS, I MISS YOU. I haven't had beets since the fall. Sad. I never really have enough to have to worry about, but I did make a recipe of borscht with them that was really good. If you like the sweet/sour kinda thing.<BR/><BR/>What you really SHOULDN'T do, however, is eat all the beets by yourself in a short period of time. It will do bad things to your digestion. But it does make your toilet deposits a lovely red!<BR/><BR/>Okay! Now that I've given you unsolicited opinions on every garden vegetable in the world, I'm shutting up now.Kristin @ Going Countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00221544641416039741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-29026351724357863092009-04-06T22:33:00.000-07:002009-04-06T22:33:00.000-07:00I love leeks! I have a recipe for a leek and gorgo...I love leeks! I have a recipe for a leek and gorgonzola pasta sauce that's yummmmmmmy. Otherwise, you can kind of treat it like an onion - though I don't usually use the green part, just the whiter "heart"Sara, Ms Adventures in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05895074987792773887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-36144206492741036852009-04-06T20:26:00.000-07:002009-04-06T20:26:00.000-07:00Yum! I can almost smell it from here. My grandma w...Yum! I can almost smell it from here. <BR/><BR/>My grandma was from Latvia and made a pretty awesome potato salad with beets. I know it may sound whack, but I loved it so much! <BR/><BR/>Also, I have an awesome recipe for lentil soup that uses TWO bunches of chard! And once, when the grocery store was out of chard, I subbed collard greens, and that was also really good. If you want the recipe, for when you get way too many of the greens in your box and all, I can send it your way.Alevin and Companyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558168956864919520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-38546688917182446362009-04-06T19:18:00.000-07:002009-04-06T19:18:00.000-07:00Oooh Finny -- that looks yummy! Oven roast your b...Oooh Finny -- that looks yummy! Oven roast your beets from now until July or can them and then you can have them when you want them.Thimbleannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650582809426872051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-68881898137323413102009-04-06T18:54:00.000-07:002009-04-06T18:54:00.000-07:00pickle them and send them ALL TO ME.. I'll glady p...pickle them and send them ALL TO ME.. I'll glady pay for them. I cant jar/can, freakin love beets (only 1 in the family, bah! )and hate the shit in the can =\<BR/><BR/>to quote a really smart,cute super hip chick<BR/><BR/>"help a sister out"<BR/><BR/>(btw, my "word verification" sounds like either a tasty italian dish or a really bad std. "ortechlai")lisahttp://www.cupcakesetc.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-48042923087158404732009-04-06T17:35:00.000-07:002009-04-06T17:35:00.000-07:00Looks good, sounds like it smells good, but you lo...Looks good, sounds like it smells good, but you lost me at the oyster mushrooms. Um, maybe without those, I could do it.<BR/>Beets?...Pickled? My grandma used to pickle hers, they were good. I don't have a recipe though, so I guess you'd have to do some research or something. Sorry.claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16572555442321120647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-83666542018706614502009-04-06T17:18:00.000-07:002009-04-06T17:18:00.000-07:00That looks delicious! My favorite thing to make wi...That looks delicious! My favorite thing to make with leeks is Leek and Potato soup. The best recipe is from Cook's Illustrated. It is sooo easy and yummy.<BR/><BR/>And, I am seriously jealous of your beets. I freakin love beets. Last year john and I picked 20 lbs of beets and I ate them all by myself (not at one time, of course). I usually put them in a quinoa salad. I roast the beets, then make a quick balsamic vinaigrette, mix it all together with some feta, and some other veggies, like cucumbers or broccoli. yum yum!Katie Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056595384547595208noreply@blogger.com