Archive for the ‘Vegetables’ Category
Monday, July 4th, 2011
A happy Independence Day :-)
I have some fun socks that I wore today:
Breakfast was some delicious duck eggs from the most recent CSA box and some pan fried diced ham.
Today was a gorgeous summer day and we enjoyed walking around some and puttering cleaning up around ...
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Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Week #3 of my Growing Washington CSA. Just look at those little strawberries. I know what we're having for dessert tonight :-)
This week's haul:
Flowers
Strawberries x 2
Dried Heirloom Beans
Duck Eggs
Free-Range Eggs
Sweet Basil
Lettuce-Green Bibb
Arugula-Cut
Peas-Sugar Snap
Onions-Yellow Storage
Carrots-Spring x2
Beets-Red Ace x2
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Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
Tonight I made ham hocks and beans with my gorgeous heirloom bean mix from my CSA box. This time around, I used one beer (the locally brewed Scuttlebutt Amber Ale and 2 cups of chicken broth for the liquid, and it turned out very well indeed :-) ...
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Monday, June 27th, 2011
Sunday we had a driving adventure. We set off to get lunch, not sure where, and headed towards Lynnwood. We ended up at Silver Spoon Thai. I got my usual thai order - pad see ew with prawns, and Shaun got the chicken pad thai. Both were ...
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
Week #2 of my Growing Washington CSA. Another gorgeous box! This week, shiitake mushrooms were on the list, so I had to get some :-)
This week’s haul:
Flowers
Free range chicken eggs
Butter
Sage
Oregano
Beets – Red Ace
Shiitake mushrooms x2
Asparagus
Carrots - spring
Lettuce Mix
Arugula – Cut x2
Lettuce – Green Bibb x2
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Sunday, June 19th, 2011
While perusing the produce at Central Market, I saw these intriguing items labeled "garlic spears." The description on them reads:
Garlic Spears
Flower Tops from Elephant Garlic
When cooked, garlic spears have a very mild garlic flavor with a texture and taste somewhere between asparagus and artichoke. The whole spear may ...
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Thursday, June 16th, 2011
The CSA boxes are back! I signed up with Growing Washington again this year, and actually ended up being the Boeing Everett site focal. I'm excited about the summer and all the boxes to come :-) I got a combo box, veggies and fruit (fruit starts ...
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Friday, June 10th, 2011
This recipe is inspired by this one from Weight Watchers. It was okay. The components were all good, but the sauce was way too thin and didn't stick to or flavor anything else in the stir fry. Next time I'll cut down on the water and add a ...
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
This is another take on my calzone recipe. I actually only made one of these with some leftover asparagus from a couple nights ago and a few mushrooms that I had sautéed for a batch of turkey mushroom basil calzones that I was making for dinner tonight, but it ...
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Sunday, May 22nd, 2011
We fired up the grill for the first time this year, finally. Fresh thick asparagus spears, tiny "marble" potatoes, and little thinly cut t-bone steaks, served with some sautéed garlicky mushrooms. :-)
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