Thursday we picked up our CSA farm share and included this week was a head of raddicchio lettuce. Now when it is this big it is strongly flavored with a bitter bite. I am not sure exactly what we will do with it, but as I prepped it for the fridge I couldn't resist snapping a couple of photos. It is amazing with the light-colored veins streaking the green and red leaves.
For those of you who drink green smoothies, here is a tip for winter:
- when you find that you have extra greens (i.e. collard, beet, lettuce...), wash in cold water & lay on towel to dry
- pat off excess water
- place several leaves into a zipable plastic bag
- press out air & seal bag
- toss into freezer
- pull out and use in your wintertime green smoothies
It won't matter if the greens don't hold their original form when you are going to whiz 'em in the high-speed blender! If you can stock up for winter with some self-frozen greens you will save time and money for cold-weather green smoothies.
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