Recipes to go with this Week's Grocery Bag: 3/15
This is our regular blog post where we archive the weekly recipes we curate with our grocery bags.
✨This week’s recipes✨
BRINGING THE HEAT
Your Guajillo chilis are a really wonderful way to add complexity and mild heat to a savory dish. They range from 2,500-5,000 Scoville Heat Units -- for comparison, jalapeños have up to 8,000 -- so no need to worry if you're not a spicy food fanatic. For best flavor, you can dry toast them in a medium hot pan to draw out some of their sweetness, then open them, remove the seeds, and rehydrate them in hot water for about 30 minutes.
Then, they can be used in a recipe or ground into a paste! Put this into practice with a Guajillo and Bean Chili, an exceptionally savory dish that keeps very well. Make sure to grab some tomato paste and canned beans from the add ons for this one!
Or, use your Guajillos in some Chorizo-Braised Butter Beans with Eggs. Deep Roots' Chorizo Spiced Beef Burgers or Sausages, from our add-ons, could be an awesome sub here.
The header blurb on this Chicken Tetrazinni refers to it as a "weeknight casserole of great distinction." This one is comfort food at its finest, and calls for Guajillos!
Add-ons: Deep Roots Chicken, Cabot Cheddar, Tagliatelle (or other pasta), Chicken Stock
SUMMERY THINGS
This Corn Risotto includes a cool no-waste hack to turn your corn cobs into veggie stock. Or, if you're in a hurry, we've got you with both Chicken and Veggie Stock in our grocery add-ons.
Add-ons: Arborio Rice, Heavy Cream, Grated Parm, Chicken/Veggie Stock
Blend up your kale with some pasta water for a super easy and nourishing pasta topper! This Pasta in Kale Sauce would be really good using some tagliatelle, maybe alongside a roasted Deep Roots chicken. Add-ons: Grated Parm, Pasta
Here's a salad trio to make you feel like you're at a summer BBQ, and use some delicious things from this week's bag while you're at it:
Corn, Avo, and Cucumber Salad gives me peak picnic vibes. Crunchy, refreshing, and delicious!
Potato Salad is a canonical summer BBQ side, but no one's stopping you from making it now! I love mine with some grainy mustard. This is also a great place to use some scallions, if you have any regrowing from one of our past bags!
Asparagus and Mushrooms: a delicious pairing! This recipe combines them in a simple salad that you can throw together in no time.
RISE AND SHINE
Baked oatmeal is totally trending online right now, but that doesn't mean it isn't great. Make some at the beginning of the week and you'll have breakfast covered! This Banana Bread Baked Oatmeal looks killer: Someone in the comments says, "I made this oatmeal this morning and it has changed my life. It’s THAT good." Or, here's another idea: what if you subbed in your gooseberries?
You don't really need a recipe for this, but if you want to feel fancy, you can always top a grapefruit with some sugar and pop it in the broiler for a nice Grapefruit Brulee. Treat yourself!