How to cook with CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) week 10: Swiss chard with steam poached eggs, corn guacamole

 

August 29, 2020

 This week I received corn, summer squash, tomatoes, Swiss chard, dino kale, whole broccoli (with stems and leaves) and basil.

Recipe 1: Swiss chard with steam poached eggs

Swiss chard and "steam poached eggs" with roasted nuts

This is a simple yet nutritious way of eating chard and eggs.  Chard is sautéed in a cast iron skillet and eggs are cooked (“steam poached”) on the bed of chard, covered, until desired doneness! 

Ingredients: Swiss chard (washed and torn into bite pieces, 10 cups), 2 eggs (farm fresh), extra virgin olive oil, sesame oil, garlic powder, roasted mixed nuts, and salt and pepper

How:

1. Sauté chard in a preheated cast iron (any heavy bottomed pan will do) in extra virgin olive oil with a pinch of salt, some garlic powder and ground black pepper for about 3-5min.  *Note: When cooking bulky veggies like Swiss chard, I add veggies in a pan and cover with a lid until they cook down. Once they cook down, I season and continue to cook uncovered.

2.  Crack open eggs (as many as needed) on top of the veggie. 

3.  Let eggs cook, covered, heat turned off for about 3-5 min until eggs are cooked to your desired doneness! 

4.  Add some sesame oil on yolks and sprinkle some toasted nuts on cooked veggie, if desired! 

 

Recipe 2:  corn guacamole

corn guacamole served with saltine crackers

Here is an easy guacamole with corn!  I usually make my own salsa but for a change bought a jar of salsa.  All you need to do is to mix in the corn and avocado!! 😊

Ingredients: corn (cooked corn kernels ¼ cup), avocado (cut in cubes), salsa (1/2 cup, store bought)

1.  Cook corn until nice and tender.  I like to use my pressure cooker—done in 30 min, cooks corn beautifully every time!

2.  Remove corn kernels from the core.

3. Mix the corn and avocado in the salsa!

4.  Serve with your favorite tortilla chips.  It goes very well with meats, especially with pork.  It goes well with beets too as shown in the photo below! 

corn guacamole served on a bed of pan roasted gold beets

 Hope you try these awesome recipes and like them as much as I do! 

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CSA week 10 veggies showing corn, tomatoes and summer squash