Creamy Homestyle Turnips
Ingredients
- Creamy 2 Tbsp butter
- 3 Cloves garlic, minced
- About 2-2 1⁄2 pounds of turnips cut into small cubes
- 3⁄4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1⁄4 cup chicken stock
- 1⁄2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 green onion, minced
- 1⁄2 tsp oregano
- 1⁄2 tsp parsley flakes
- Salt and pepper to taste
Directions
1. Melt butter in large skillet over medium heat
2. Add cubed turnip and cook until just tender – 5 minutes
3. Add minced garlic and cook until it starts to brown – 2 minutes
4. Add cream to turnip, bring to simmer and cook until tender -10 minutes
5. Add parmesan cheese, green onion and seasonings – cook 1-2 minutes
*use the chicken stock to thin the mixture if needed
Serves Four
Pink Lentil Curry
Ingredients
- 1 1⁄2-2 cups pink lentils
- 1 Tbsp avocado oil or expeller pressed canola
- 1⁄2 cup carrots, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup celery, chopped
- 1 cup onion, chopped
- 1-2 cups cabbage, chopped
- Curry powder to taste
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 Tbsp minced ginger root
- 1 Tbsp soy sauce, or to taste
Directions
1. Pick through lentils and remove and debris, rinse thoroughly in a colander
2. Place lentils in a pot with enough water to cover (usually 3 cups to 1 cup of lentils)
3. Bring to boil and quickly lower heat to simmer, partially covered, until lentils are thick and tender – 15-30 minutes
4. While lentils are cooking, heat oil in a skillet and add vegetables and cook until barely tender – 7 minutes
5. Stir in curry powder, ginger and garlic and simmer a few more minutes
6. Add vegetables and soy sauce to lentils. Toss together, adjust seasonings and cook to blend flavors for another few minutes.
*can be served as a hearty side dish or as a meal with some rice or topped with a fried egg
Pumpkin Pie Chia Pudding
Ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups milk or milk alternative
- 3⁄4 cup pumpkin puree
- 12 drops of SweetLeaf stevia drops, 3 Tbsp Swerve, or as little sugar as needed to sweeten.
- • 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 tsp cinnamon
- 1⁄4 tsp ginger
- 1⁄4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/8 tsp ground clove
- 1/4 cup chia seeds
Directions
1. Whisk together milk, pumpkin, vanilla and spices in a bowl
2. Whisk in chia seeds
3. Allow to chill in refrigerator for a couple hours or overnight
* To prevent the seeds from forming clumps, it helps to give the
pudding a second stir after the first 15 minutes in the refrigerator.
Shredded Brussels Sprouts Salad
Ingredients
- 1 pound Brussels Sprouts
- 1⁄2 cup dried cranberries
- 1 ripe avocado, diced
- 1⁄4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- 2 Tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 6 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
Directions
1. Shred the Brussels sprouts using a mandolin, food processor or sharp knife
2. In a large bowl, toss the sprouts with the other 3 ingredients
3. Whisk the lemon juice with olive oil and salt and pepper
4. Dress the salad with the dressing and season with additional salt and pepper to taste.
Serves Four
Halloween is just around the corner and the Co-op always tries to get in that Haunted spirit. In that vein, one of our favorite breweries, Allagash, has come out with a Haunted House Porter, darker than any ghoulish soul could imagine. Doomed by a love of pitch-black Porters and their Allagash House Beer, they summoned the recipe for Haunted House. Roasted Barley and Blackprinz malt curse this beer with a gravely dark hue. Hopped with Crystal, Chinook, and Saaz hops, this beer ends with a ghost of coffee-flavored bitterness and hauntingly complex malty palate. Is it a coincidence that the ABV is 6.66%? I think not. So get in that Halloween Spirit and pick up a 4 pack of Allagash Haunted House at the Co-op today. 
White stouts are something we’re seeing more and more of in the beer world.
In our last week of Eat (and drink) Local Month, I’m reviewing Bluet Charmat from Maine. Made entirely from Wild Maine Blueberries, Bluet Charmat is vinted in Jefferson, Maine. Thoreau called wild blueberries “bluets” and wrote of their “innocent ambrosial taste, as if made of the ether itself”. Bluet wild blueberry sparkling wine captures summer in Maine with the purity of a single ingredient: native Maine wild blueberries. Using the Charmat Method (the same method that produces Prosecco) Bluet is brightly and bubbly with vivid fresh berry aroma. A chilled glass of Bluet makes a fine dry apéritif on its own, but also as the foundation of a sparkling cocktail, Bluet has an affinity for a variety of ingredients. Try Bluet with a splash of triple sec over crushed ice and a sprig of mint, or give it an old-fashioned treatment with rye whiskey, simple syrup and bitters. If you can get your hands on some mead, pour over ice, squash a lemon and float Bluet on top for a perfect peak-of-summer drink.This is truly a Northern New England original, now available at the Littleton Food Co-op.
