Simple and in Season

From everything is delicious by Lara Adler

June 25, 2009

As my CSA vegetables arrive each week, I get excited thinking of what new foods I’ll discover (this week I got kohlrabi, which I’ve never had before, and can’t wait to try), and what new recipes I’ll get to make. Yesterday marked my third week of veggies from my CSA and so far it’s been so so wonderful!

Lettuces, kale, rhubarb, strawberries, peas, and so far my most favorite... garlic scapes!

These twisted little tangles of garlicy heaven arrived in last weeks box, and I was stumped as to what to do with them. A quick google search led me to recipes that either used them chopped and sauteed, or puréed as a pesto, which is what I ended up doing. I threw the 4 scapes I had, chopped up, into a food processor, with a scant 1/4 cup of pine nuts, and a pinch of salt, and blended them up. Drizziling in enough olive oil to make a nice pesto-y consistency finished it off... and my god... the taste. THE TASTE! Not overpowering in the least. Mellow, but likely one of the most insanely delicious things I’ve ever eaten. I’m bummed that the scape season is so short, and will be stocking up on scapes this weekend at the farmers market.

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The Spoils of My Spree

From everything is delicious by Lara Adler

May 30, 2009

So I finally had the chance to get down to the farmers market last weekend to start spending some of my Culinate Cash from the April blogging contest. Commitments had kept me away until now, but I used the time to fantasize about all the amazing things I could buy... those amazing cranberry pecan breads, jams, oh my!

I went with only $40, a small amount indeed, but managed to get exactly what I wanted, and nothing more. My mother came with me, a voice of reason as I oogled at everything at once.

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Breakfast smreakfast

Mix it up, people

From everything is delicious by Lara Adler

April 22, 2009

I, like most other Americans grew up on breakfast cereal. Cereal is a marvel to behold, and sometimes even to eat. But it does seem strange to me, to open a box, shake a bunch of dry, processed pellets out into a bowl, pour milk over it, and call it breakfast. Seems odd indeed. Don’t get me wrong, I love me some breakfast cereal every once in a while, but I like to think that my palate for my morning meal has matured past Honey Nut Cheerios.

My issue with cereal (I actually have a few, but for the sake of sticking to the point, I’m going to pretend I have one), is that it trains people, from an early age, that breakfast is supposed to be sweet. Even “basic” cereals like Corn Flakes (my personal favorite still to this day) have sugar in them. Then we’ve got pancakes, waffles, danishes... All sweets. And what a way to start the day?! Barely any sustenance, just sugar. I’m over it.

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My Secret Stash

From everything is delicious by Lara Adler

April 13, 2009

Sorry, not drugs. Nor mustaches. I’m taking you on a guided tour of my freezer. This is a bit like opening up my underwear drawer for all to see, only less sexy (or more sexy, depending on how much you like frozen food, I guess). I’m baring it all... my secret to quick, inexpensive dinners at a moments notice. I’m a little embarrassed by how seemingly unorganized my freezer is, and how I tend to avoid the very very good advice to label the food so 3 months from now I’ll know what the hell that jar of black liquid is (Its the leftover water from cooking lentils and is delish when added to soups or used to cook rice in.)

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