However, and that leads me to today’s post subject, we have no control over the vegetables we get!? Yes indeed, a few days before each shipment we get a list, and then it just arrives. Most of the vegetables I know how to deal with (Tomatoes, Lettuce, Cucumbers, Carrots etc.) but sometimes you get the really weird ones and you have no idea what to do with them.

Moreover, when you get five pound of carrots (around 2kg) what are you going to do? Tzimes? You need to get creative! This has positive and negative aspects. On the bright side I get a chance to try stuff I would never buy otherwise (I’m looking at you turnips and kohlrabi). On the flipside sometimes you just don’t have the mental energy to find a recipe for some weird (or not) vegetable.

One of my more trust-worthy resource has turned out to be a cook book I bought almost on a whim - ‘How to cook everything vegetarian’. It’s not really my type of cookbook for several reasons (a) it has no photos (b) it’s vegetarian! (c) its so heavy I think my building is sinking 1 inch a year because of it. Nontheless when I need to cook a specific ingredient, that book is there for me, green and huge and solid, offering a few not-too-fancy options.

Examples? Got stuck with too much cabbage, did ‘Silky Qinoa with Cabbage’. Last time I got stuck with Cabbage, did a ‘Spicy Mexican Coleslaw’. Fennel? Did Fennel Chutney, you get the point… So that’s it, an ode to a cook book, not a killer cook book but a sturdy work horse.