Eli Cooks

One of the things I’ve really enjoyed about subscribing to the CSA this year is that I get a box of random produce every other week.  It makes dinner every night a bit like mystery box cooking…open the fridge and see what’s there to work with.  There are also things I haven’t enjoyed about having the CSA, mainly that I haven’t made it to the farmers market much this year because I don’t want to go get more produce when I already have a fridge full at home.  I’m trying to figure out how to balance the two so I can continue getting my myster box (and supporting the farmers) without losing those trips to the farmers market.  So far my main idea is just to cook more at home…but that has its own problems.

One night last week that mystery box led me to this recipe.  I had a few pounds of carrots in the box that really needed to be used.  Noone in my family is fond of the common overcooked, too sweet glazed carrots, so that was right out.  We had too many carrots to assume we’d just eat them as carrot sticks; too many to just toss a few into a stir fry with other veggies.  I needed something to feature carrots.  I landed on a simple saute of carrots with a ton of garlic and ginger, and it turned out beautifully.  I honestly don’t remember what main dish we had with the carrots…they definitely stole the show.