How to Utilize a Mixed Vegetable Harvest
Just like people, vegetables come in all different shapes and sizes.
The grocery store doesn’t allow us to appreciate this variation. Everything needs to be the same size and weight for consistency when pricing.
When you grow vegetables or buy them from a small farm, you inevitably end up with an assortment of items that don’t fit into the boundaries of a regular recipe.
Last week, I passed out one rutabaga for each member of our farm. Some of the rutabagas were close to harvest, and we needed to thin the planting. I knew I needed to supply a recipe assisting our members in using this solitary root.
The easiest way is to include it with other vegetables with similar textures and cook them together. So I suggested a mixed roasted vegetable recipe.
Combining items accomplishes multiple goals. It introduces a vegetable we don’t see every day, the rutabaga, to eaters that might be skeptical. And it allows the cook to incorporate it into a bigger meal plan and gives them recipe techniques for when they encounter more.
Why roasted vegetables are so good
Roasting does two things to the food. It removes water and browns the vegetables. Together the caramelization…
