This Week's Concoctions Ending 7/16

Here are some highlights of items that I made this week other than the "Weekly Cookie"

 All of the main ingredients were from our fruit and vegetable shares.

We received a quart of blackberries which we overheard would be best used if it was consumed within the next 24 hours. So I made the blackberry cobbler that night for the kids book club the next day.

Blackberry Cobbler

We got 3 pounds of fava beans. I had never really seen what they looked like or much about them other than the references in "Silence of the Lambs". They came in pods that were furry inside with only maybe 3-4 beans/pod. I boiled them for a minute and then had to peel off the outer layer of the bean which yielded the green bean seen below. The taste was pretty meh.

Fava Bean Pesto Pasta

We got 2 pounds of sweet cherries. I had a hard time finding a recipe that I liked...I initially wanted to make a pie with a premade crust and most of the ones that I found were calling for either a can of cherry pie filling or double crusts. I really liked this cake.

Sweet Cherry Pound Cake