As I was reading your email, I finished off the last of the pasta I'd made with our garlic scapes. I used this recipe from Food52 and tossed it with some greenhouse tomatoes from our CSA and whole wheat pasta. Highly recommend! https://food52.com/recipes/22491-garlic-scape-pesto
One of my favorite ways to use a boatload of CSA greens is the Ricotta Dumpling recipe from "Tartine All Day" by Elisabeth Prueitt. They're nice on their own, but even better when cooked in her Rich Tomato Sauce.
Another good one, if you have cabbage in addition to your greens, is the Kale and Cabbage Kuku with Pine Nuts from "Bazaar" by Sabrina Ghayour. It's great hot or cold, so leftovers are great for an on-the-go meal.
Sherry, somehow your comment isn't appearing, unless I'm not seeing it somehow... still figuring out Substack a bit over here.
To answer your question, my guess is that if the tall stalk end feels as rough as you describe, you should probably compost it and use only the softer loop part. Hope you see this!
As I was reading your email, I finished off the last of the pasta I'd made with our garlic scapes. I used this recipe from Food52 and tossed it with some greenhouse tomatoes from our CSA and whole wheat pasta. Highly recommend! https://food52.com/recipes/22491-garlic-scape-pesto
One of my favorite ways to use a boatload of CSA greens is the Ricotta Dumpling recipe from "Tartine All Day" by Elisabeth Prueitt. They're nice on their own, but even better when cooked in her Rich Tomato Sauce.
Another good one, if you have cabbage in addition to your greens, is the Kale and Cabbage Kuku with Pine Nuts from "Bazaar" by Sabrina Ghayour. It's great hot or cold, so leftovers are great for an on-the-go meal.
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I need to make those chard pancakes! Thanks Ali! So many good ideas!
Sherry, somehow your comment isn't appearing, unless I'm not seeing it somehow... still figuring out Substack a bit over here.
To answer your question, my guess is that if the tall stalk end feels as rough as you describe, you should probably compost it and use only the softer loop part. Hope you see this!