Farm Box Turnips

Yesterday I went to pick up my weekly veggie box and there was a change - no more garlic scapes, but now with blueberries and turnips!
The blueberries are gone; I ate them all immediately and got a sore tummy for it.  There was only 3 small turnips, with the leaves, and so I dug some beef out of the freezer and made a stew.  It tastes a bit wintery for this hot weather, but it's good and I think Baby will like it too.

1 yellow onion
garlic to taste
diced carrot
parsley
turnips and turnip tops
thyme
2 bay leaves
stewing beef
tomato soup
brown sugar
olive oil
flour
Worcestershire sauce
black pepper

Saute diced onion and minced garlic in olive oil until soft; add a tablespoon of dark brown sugar and coat.  Add beef, let it brown a bit and add a spoonful of flour to thicken up.  Add 1 can of tomato soup and 2 cans of water, all the carrots, parsley, and turnips.  Add the herbs and some Worcestershire sauce and black pepper for flavor.  Simmer one hour or more, checking the water level periodically.

I found it could use a bit more salt or some bouillon but I left it out for the baby's sake.  The turnip tops are surprisingly tasty, since I don't like the turnip root that much.

Super Garlic Soup

I've been receiving a CSA Box from a farm for the last two weeks, and they have given me garlic scapes in abundance (the shoots and flowers from garlic).  I had to get creative to eat them.  No beans in today's post, though.

On week one, I made a recipe from the New York Times called Double Garlic Soup.  Then, in week two, I ran out of potato and modified the recipe like this:

one handful of garlic scapes, trimmed
one teaspoon of minced garlic from a jar
one clove of fresh garlic (still juicy, not dry - very potent) - sliced thin
one yellow onion roughly chopped
one yam, peeled and diced
milk
butter
chicken stock/bouillon cube
Greens like Kale or Chard
black pepper

Saute all the garlic and onion for a few minutes, in butter.  Add the scapes and 2-3 large leaves of greens and let soften up a bit.  Add yams, then the stock or water and cube to cover everything and simmer for 20 mins.
Put all in a big blender with some milk to taste, return to the pot and warm up again.  Add pepper if you like.

Best soup I ever made!!