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<\/a>Anyway…garlic scapes are the green shoots that grow out of the middle of the garlic plant in early summer.\u00a0 They have a milder flavor than garlic and a great crunch.\u00a0 I love garlic and even though I had no idea how I was going to use them, I knew I had to have some.<\/p>\nSo what did we do with all of our garlic scapes?<\/p>\n
Whole wheat pasta with garlic scape pesto<\/a>, originally based on this recipe<\/a>:<\/p>\n White Bean and Garlic Scapes Dip<\/a>, from the NY Times was a bit hit, so much so that we made 2 batches this week.\u00a0 Much less strong than the pesto, Brian pronounced the dip “better than hummus” (!).\u00a0 Moreover, making dip is so ridiculously easy.<\/p>\n In an effort to use more than 1 of our CSA items in a single meal, I made a modified version of this Black Bean Salad with Green Garlic and Scapes Pesto<\/a> from Cheap Healthy Good.\u00a0 Instead of using the pesto recipe, I substituted a few tablespoons\u00a0 of the pesto I’d already made for the pasta.\u00a0 It wasn’t quite as amazing as CHG claimed, but it was still pretty delicious–and filling.\u00a0 I also added some baby turnip greens to the salad because we had much less arugula than I thought.\u00a0 Side dish: roasted red potatoes, baby turnips and carrots.\u00a0 My first time roasting vegetables (crazy, I know) and our first time eating turnips.\u00a0 It turned out amazingly well.\u00a0 So good that we grabbed more turnips this week!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n