Chunky Fresh Veggie Sweet Corn Fritters

Costa Farms CSA Box

Chunky Fresh Veggie Sweet Corn Fritters...Created From Our Costa CSA Box 

All those wonderful veggies came in the Costa Farms CSA box...but no time to make anything yesterday.   So, let's pull something quick together tonight...maybe with a variety of veggies.

Sweet corn

Green beans

Banana peppers

Onion

Little tomatoes

Lacinato kale

New potatoes

...and remember that carton of fresh eggs from the hens at my friend's house.....

Time for dinner.

Chunky fresh sweet corn and veggie fritters sound great tonight.

Making the fritters...

I chopped the veggies into pieces that weren't too small, and did a little pre-cooking on each (except the tomatoes which I just cut in half) so they'd be crisp tender in the fritters.

Corn Fritter Batter

Some local brown eggs--beat them in a big bowl, add the veggies (I cooled them before adding to the eggs).  4 tablespoons of bulka tarta (my favorite bread crumbs from Sikora's Market in NE; if you don't have them, use flour or fine bread crumbs you have in the cupboard), some herbs---marjoram, dill, some powdered garlic since I didn't have a head of garlic in the house.    A few grinds of black pepper and the 'batter' is ready for the pan.

One flipped after a few minutes...

A giant dollop of the 'batter'...I could get about 4 in the pan without them touching.....I flattened and rounded each a bit with the spatula...and let them cook for a few minutes on each side...a little more than medium heat, so they wouldn't brown too quickly and would be cooked in the middle.

Nicely browned on both sides and they mostly held together...one big tomato half popped out---but I just stuck it back in the middle!

Corn Fritters!!!   Time to Eat!!!

I love these because you can taste each of the veggies--the beans, the kale, the peppers...each bite was unique.  The potatoes added just enough starchiness to help hold things together and the sweetness of the corn was offset by the sharp black pepper.

Sweet Refrigerator Pickles With Celery Seed

Sweet Refrigerator Pickles 

This was a good time to break out the last of those pickles I made from the giant cucumber in a previous Costa Farms CSA box.  These were the sweet refrigerator pickles with the celery seed...the sweetness was a light contrast to the fritters...but for the sweet flavor fans, the sweet corn and the sweetness of the pickles could make you think you just had dinner and dessert.