Bountiful Baskets

We tried something new—Bountiful Baskets.  After picking up our first one, I’ve gotta say I’m a fan!  Not so much a fan of the abundant swiss chard which was included, but of getting two small laundry baskets full of healthy fruits and veggies for only $15… yes. 

I was a little nervous about all the potential surprises included, but it actually had lots of things I would buy at the store in a typical shopping trip—apples, berries, lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, corn, and mushrooms.  Some of the surprises we got were green chiles, the chard, and a bunch of mangoes.  After attempting to peel a banana with a steak knife, we realized that they were a surprise, too!  Plantains!  

And so because we tried something new, we’re trying more new things—like new recipes!   The chile rellenos Sunday night were a huge success—and actually not as tricky as I anticipated!  Greg wanted to try some more new things—like starting a compost pile for those surprises like chard.  But I tried something else new and completely made up a daring new recipe last night… Because in my mind, I couldn’t make chard taste any worse.   And what do you know?  It was delicious!  Here it is…just in case you’re ever lucky enough to inherit a large bunch of chard:

Chard Alfredo Wraps

Ingredients

Turkey Sausage

Green Onion

Garlic

Salt & Pepper

Cooked Rice

Alfredo Sauce

Chard

Romano or Parmesan Cheese

Instructions

Start browning the turkey sausage. Add chopped green onion, salt, pepper, and garlic. Continue to sautee.  Meanwhile, heat up a large pot of water.  When the water starts to boil, place the chard leaves in the water for about 2-3 minutes.  Take the leaves out of the water and set them on a cookie sheet to cool. Add the rice and alfredo sauce to the sausage.   Lay a chard leaf out flat and place a few spoonfuls of sausage mixture in the middle.  Roll it up like a burrito and place it on the cookie sheet.  Continue until you run out of chard leaves or sausage mixture.  Then sprinkle the tops of the wraps with cheese and broil for a few minutes.