CSA Experiment - Week One

CSA Experiment Week One
Saturday Night – Borscht
Ingredients
Stew Beef – (on sale at Kroger)
1 medium onion chopped
2 T olive oil
1. Browned beef and onion in the oil
8 cups water
½ head cabbage chopped
2 stalks celery chopped
2 carrots (CSA)
5 beets with 2 inches of the stems and the greens chopped (CSA)
3 potatoes chopped
1 small can tomato paste
2 bay leaves
Salt and pepper to taste
2. Combine water, cabbage, celery, carrots, beets, beet stems, potatoes, tomato paste, bay leaves, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 1 hour.

¼ cup fresh dill chopped
2 T chopped parsley
3. Stir in the herbs. Add the beet greens. Simmer for 1 hour longer.
4. Strain out the bay leaves and serve.


Jason & I both enjoyed this dish which made enough food for all of us, plus 2 quarts of leftovers for lunch next week. Jason mentioned that the meat could be optional. One substitute could be 1 cup of pearl barley added in step 2 according to one recipe. Another addition that we considered was ¼ c of chopped chives referred to in one recipe.
We both agreed that we would definitely try this one again.