First the box. I actually remembered to take a pic this week. We got lettuce, pears, oranges, lemons, apples, strawberries, turnips, fennel, rainbow chard, and broccoli. Here it is in all its glory–Have you ever seen fennel with that many greens on it?

So far we haven’t done much exciting with it, besides mussels with the fennel (I’ll post the recipe in a later post) and broccoli salad with the broccoli. Rumour has it there is rhubarb in next weeks box, which is very exciting!

The burritos didn’t actually use much from the box–it was mostly a clean out the freezer sort of recipe. Whenever I make burritos, I end up combining ideas from about 4 different recipes. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. This particular time, I thought things worked out pretty well, and so I give you “Patchwork Burritos”, needless to say, the recipe is quite versatile and substitutions are welcome.

Ingredients:
*2 chicken breasts cut into strips
*1 clove garlic chopped
*1 onion sliced
*1 poblano pepper, chopped
*1/2 a red pepper chopped
*1 jalepeno, seeded and chopped fine
*1 14oz. can chopped tomatoes with juice
*1 cup refried beans (I used refried black beans for extra flavor)
*2 tbsp oil
*1/2 cup uncooked rice (long grain is good)
*1 cup water
*2tbsp cumin
*1 tbsp mixed mexican spices (chili powder, cayenne, cumin etc.)
*1 tbsp chile powder
1/2 tsp cayenne/red pepper flakes (more if you like it hot)

Method:
In a large, deep frying pan (make sure you have a lid to fit it), heat the oil over med. heat, add garlic, onion and peppers and cook until they are fairly soft. Add the chicken, and saute stirring frquently, until it is no longer pink.

Now add tomatoes, water, spices, and rice, cover and cook for 20 min, or until the rice is thoroughly cooked, and most of the water absorbed. Once the rice is cooked, you can shred the chicken a bit with a fork to make it easier to eat.

Finally, stir in the beans, cook for another couple minutes until heated through, and serve on tortillas with lettuce, cheese, salse and sour cream (or yogurt in a pinch).

You can eat these like tacos (meaning put all the toppings *inside* the tortilla, wrap it and eat by hand) or like classic burritos (put only the filling inside the taco, wrap it, and then put the toppings on top, and eat with a fork and knife). The refried beans, as well as adding flavor, do a nice job of holding everything together so it doesn’t ooze or explode on you.

The best kind of leftovers: homemade ones.