Week 3 Spring CSA basket..more mustards!

ingredients

• Ha, ha. 
• Madame Weather has done it again. Last week we sweltered in the unusual heat, last night it froze.
• I mean really froze. 
• Surprisingly, there was even frost damage to some tender young growth in the hoop houses. 
• What can you do?
• Ha. 
• Ha.

It changes a few things for sure, but on we go.

In the CSA baskets today, again find a good dose of mustard greens in many forms. 

Want to know a bit more about them?  I wrote a post a while back if you'd like some background info...read here

• Green Wave mustard, Giant Red mustard, purple mizuna, mispoona, sylvetta arugula, garlic greens,green onions, chard,sorrel,thyme, and a nip of catnip (for cat or tea) rounds out the baskets.
• I was happy to find this soup recipe, which I've adapted somewhat to fit the contents of your basket. It's yummy.
• And it's soup weather again!

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• Chard, Mustard Green and Potato Soup
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• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cups onions, greens and all
• 2 pounds potatoes, peeled, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 8 cups water
• 1/2 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper

• 1/2 cup garlic greens
• 1 bunch mustard greens (about 12 ounces), stems trimmed, leaves coarsely chopped
• 1 bunch chard

• Sour cream

Heat 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add onion and sauté until tender and golden, about 8 minutes. Add potatoes; sauté 3 minutes. Add 8 cups water and crushed red pepper. Bring to boil. Reduce heat. Simmer until potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in another heavy large pot over medium heat. Add garlic greens; sauté until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add mustard greens and chard leaves; sauté until wilted, about 3 minutes.

Add sautéed greens to potato mixture. Working in batches, purée soup in blender until smooth. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cool. Cover and refrigerate.) Return soup to pot. Bring to simmer, thinning with more water, if desired. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper.

Cut remaining 1 cup spinach leaves into 1/3-inch-wide slices. Ladle soup into bowls. Add dollop of sour cream to each bowl

Adapted by me! from- http://www.epicurious.com:80/recipes/food/views/Spinach-Mustard-Green-and-Potato-Soup-5883#ixzz1qLei75Tw

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