Locavore In Training

It's getting serious around here. Here's this week's monster CSA haul:

1/2 pounds combo of the following:

• lettuce
• broccoli

2 1/2 pounds combo of the following:

• snow peas
• sugar snap peas
• carrots
• Swiss chard

7 1/2 pounds combo of the following:

• turnips (scarlet queen, hakurei and purple top white globe)
• kholrabi (white Vienna and purple Vienna varieties) -- the greens are also edible
• kale
• collards
• garlic scapes

If that wasn't enough... I skipped last week's share because we were headed out of town for the holiday weekend. What does that mean? It means I got a DOUBLE SHARE this week. Double. As in twice the super ginormous regular amount. 19 lbs.

Here's what I've got:

• 1lb broccoli
• 2 1/2 lbs sugar snap peas
• 2 1/2 lbs carrots
• 5 lbs (6 giant) kholrabi
• 4 lbs kale
• 2 lbs garlic scapes

I still fell short of the 19 lb total, but honestly... I'm going to have enough trouble with what I've got. I'm going to freeze a large amount of the kale. I should have done it last night because this barely fits in the fridge.

Broccoli, peas and carrots shouldn't be hard (although I didn't manage to eat the last batch of carrots). I've got my eye on some sort of carrot cake baked good... cupcakes, pancakes, muffins... something.

The farm posted a recipe for a marinated kale slaw, which might make its way onto the menu as well...

So, um, anyone know what to do with kholrabi?