Growing your own food – Cooking through the seasons: the adventures of a San Diego Gastronaut.

Hello Gastronauts,

As promised, our CSA has started back up! Week 1 of Spring CSA is here:

100% organic kale, beets, radishes, green onions, lemons, cilantro and assorted salad mixture.

I excitedly jumped right into cooking this stuff up! So here are the recipes for garlic kale and shrimp egg bake, and (for the non-kale lovers) radish and shrimp egg bake.

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KALE – if you’re like me you totally understand the nutritional value of kale but you struggle to find enough new recipes to keep you excited about eating it week after week. Hopefully, you will try out this breakfast or brunch idea and find a new way to eat kale in your home!

INGREDIENTS – kale (4 leaves including stems), 1 green onion (leaves and bulb), crushed garlic (1 tablespoon), olive oil, shrimp (pre-cooked, medium sized), 2 eggs (preferably farm fresh), milk, salt, pepper, breadcrumbs, and your favorite cheese (shredded.)

STEP ONE – cook the kale

Chop the kale into semi-bite sized pieces (I say semi because the kale will cook down and become smaller.) Place in pan with garlic, olive oil, and chopped green onion. Cook on medium heat until mildly wilted. Do not burn or let it become crispy.

STEP TWO -Transfer to mixing bowl and add shrimp. Add salt and pepper to mixture as desired.

(Ignore my Snap Chat captions LOL)

STEP THREE – grease ramekin or baking dish. You won’t need a very big one, this is going to make a personal pan pizza size serving 🙂

Add contents to the ramekin.

In separate bowl beat 2 eggs. Add milk. Then pour the eggs/milk combo into the ramekin.

STEP FOUR – top with breadcrumbs and shredded cheese (I used fontina.)

( I will get to the minis shortly!)

STEP FIVE – Cook at 375 Fahrenheit (°F) for 25 minutes (uncovered.) Then broil for 5 minutes to make the cheese and breadcrumbs extra crispy.

STEP SIX – top with cilantro and serve warm.

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Okay what to do if you have someone in your house who is not a fan of kale? Substitute radishes for kale! (If they don’t like radishes, maybe just no vegetables at all.)