Posted in Food, tagged local, Ontario, peas, potatoes, sprouts on July 4, 2010| Leave a Comment »
A typical grocery shop includes Fiesta Farms and sometimes Karma, both of which carry a ton of local produce. This weekend, we found these fresh local shelled peas:
And these yummy bean sprouts:
For last night’s (poorly focused) dinner, the peas joined new potatoes tossed in butter and salt and mixed greens in a maple balsamic vinaigrette, both from Plan B, plus some pasta tossed with olive oil and parmesan:
Simple summer meals – just the way I like it.
Posted in Food, tagged asparagus, pesto, potatoes, soup on May 19, 2009| Leave a Comment »
No pictures today but two good, simple recipes.
I took this asparagus soup recipe from epicurious.com and made it this weekend almost verbatim – just used onion instead of shallots. It was fine the first day, but really good the second and third. I made a fresh vegetable stock mostly out of green garlic tops from my Plan B box and it added a lot of flavour. Be careful not to oversalt this soup as it has a very delicate flavour.
And tonight, I boiled up some red potatoes and tossed them in pesto. I had arugula and made it with pistachios and cheddar (partially inspired by this recipe) but you can use any greens and nuts you have around. Be careful with the garlic quantities. It’s a nice, simple way to prepare potatoes in the summer.
Posted in Food, tagged dinner, egg, Food, local, mushrooms, potatoes, spinach on March 31, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Roasted beets, potatoes and onions:
+ Sautéed spinach, shiitake mushrooms, sliced almonds and garlic:
+ An egg poached in last summer’s tomato sauce:
= a yummy local dinner. Not bad for March 31.
Eggs and spinach from Karma Co-op, tomato sauce canned with the help of my parents, other vegetables from Plan B, almonds and olive oil from the lovely state of California.
(My version of the poached eggs in tomato sauce with spinach from Smitten Kitchen. Her pictures are prettier.)
Kat eats local in Toronto 