Unfortunately, this is not a thing of beauty to look at--nor is it a happenstance of photography. The picture looks ever so slightly better than the dish did in real life. But the flavor was sublime. Really earthy and wonderful. So here is what I did. We got a few of these and a little of that from our CSA, and I chopped it all up into 1/2" cubes, tossed it with a little olive oil, salt, and pepper, and roasted it for about 40 minutes at 400 degrees. The melange included a few new potatoes, 2 spring onions, a few cloves of garlic minced, a pepper of medium heat, some green beans, an eggplant, and a few summer squash. I served it with a roasted chicken (obtained from a farmer who has unusual interpersonal skills and rather strict guidelines on when and if you can come and get your pre-ordered and pre-paid free-range chickens, but the cost is reasonable, as is the quality) with a piquant gravy, and a salad bursting with tomatoes and cucumbers from the garden. It was really delicious, despite it's rather humble looks.
This is my first summer that has been substantially without children in the house. I should really say offspring, because they are definitely men, not boys. While I adore having them to dinner, this would not do for a Kline boy meal. Not as the only starch, that is for sure. But for people in the middle of their lives trying to increase their vegetable intake and decrease the other food groups, this is a wonderful way to empty the vegetable drawer of dibs and dabs before they all go bad.
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