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09 December 2013

Ask MeCha cooking edition, challenge level: wizard [More:]

so in a comedy of errors no shopping at all has been done in the lfr household for a hilariously long time, and unless I can figure out something clever to make with the following fridge leftovers they're going to have to be pitched soon.

I have: a couple medium sized rutabagas, a bunch of red beets, a pound of chorizo, and a recently opened jar of grape leaves from which 2 grape leaves total were used (so, full basically).

All of it needs to be used up by the end of the week or it goes in the bin. I'm leaning towards some species of stuffed grape leaves but I'm unsure of whether the chorizo will work taste-wise.

thoughts? Complications: we don't eat breads / grains / pastas. I do have some wild (black) rice in the pantry (maybe). Also lots of herbs & spices of every variety, and a few staples like onions and tinned tomatoes and soforth.

Halp?
Here is a recipe for a basic filling using the sausage and rutabagas (I'd probably add thyme) that you can stuff the grape leaves instead.

The beets would be both colorful and tasty as a cooked side, perhaps with a sweet / sour type seasoning or even poppyseed dressing.
posted by mightshould 09 December | 18:23
Do you eat quinoa?
posted by brujita 09 December | 18:47
Personally, I'd pitch the grape leaves, roast the beets and rutabagas, cook the chorizo up (if it's not the Spanish cured kind), and eat like that. Or if you want, you can do a rice and onions/garlic/tomatoes stuffing for the grape leaves.
posted by Stewriffic 09 December | 19:50
brujita: no, sorry.

mightshould: that actually sounds like an awesome idea. Will report back!
posted by lonefrontranger 09 December | 23:47
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