What's Cooking This Week--Leafy Greens

Fresh choy sum. Yum

What's good about winter rain in California? Lots of green. As in lettuce, choy greens, mizuna, spinach and arugula. I have already consulted with the household carnivore, and as a bonus, we are meatless twice this week. Here's how we are going green this week.

Monday
Myles Last Resort Meatloaf, salad and cheese buns from the Cheese Board Collective on Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley. After the tofu-loaf fiasco, it's time for reliable, 'normal' meatloaf. The ironic thing is that the ingredients for the good loaf and the very bad loaf are quite similar. Leaf of the day: romaine lettuce for salad.

Tuesday
Portuguese Sausage Sticky Rice and Choy Sum with Shoyu-Mirin Sauce. Leaves of the day: baby spinach in the sticky rice and choy sum, in the choy sum.

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Macadamia-Arugula Pasta (pic shows pine nuts)

Meatless Wednesday
Shabu-shabu. Leaf of the day: mizuna, a Japanese green.

Thursday
Cornmeal Fish. Leaf of the day: the rest of Tuesday's spinach sauteed with a bit of garlic.

Meatless Friday
Macadamia-Arugula Pasta. Well-worth the trip to Trader Joe's for the lemon pepper pappardelle. Leaf of the day: arugula! Swap in pine nuts if you're out of macs.

Stay dry this week. Eat Well. Be Well.

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