Week beginning December 9

Root veggies help warm us in the winter and need less digestive energy to process. Chiogga and red beets from Grinnell Heritage Farm, squash from Friendly Farm in Iowa City, potatoes from Oak Hill Acres, daikon from Echollective Farm in Mechanicsville, mushrooms from Vinton, Rosemary from Mariposa Farm in Grinnell.

• Kidney bean, fennel and sunchoke salad; brown rice with cauliflower with brown mustard seed
• Tempeh and red beets in fresh lemon-dill sauce; barley pilaf with eggplant and black cumin
• Green lentils with daikon and fresh rosemary; golden glazed potatoes with kale
• Rice noodles and chiogga beets in mushroom-lemongrass  broth; millet and amaranth with squash and cinnamon