For the love of Produce...
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Not quite into full-blown Summer produce season here in Michigan yet, but good stuff coming in. Tonight I stir-steamed some fresh zucchini and shell peas in mushroom-y broth, mixed them with red lentil pasta and goat feta; side of cucumber, raw Hakurei turnips, and tomatoes. (Only the tomatoes were non-local.) Simple, non-revolutionary, but tasty IMO.
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Summer.
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The last kilo haul of strawberries were variety Driscoll's Katrina which were fragrant but a bit tart. Strangely, when served cold they taste sweeter.2
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Fresh from the garden!7 -
Another kilo box of Driscoll's Katrina. I am hoping that the new variety called Ace arrives soon in supermarkets. It launched at Wimbledon and friends who were there say they are amazingly sweet.
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The bounteous part of summer farmers market season is getting under way here. The red okra is particularly photogenic, I think:
Those got roasted with eggplant and zucchini, and were part of a 2-market haul that included Hakurei turnips, cucumbers, Cousa squash, just-dug garlic (2 varieties), locally-made refrigerator pickles (separate bottles of pickled radishes, turnips, eggs, very-garlic cucumbers), one salt/sesame soft pretzel stick, one everything bagel, some very nice brie, mixed varieties cherry tomatoes, and probably some other things I'm forgetting.
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Fresh and tinned produce. I blitzed a tin of peaches in the food processor and added a little sugar because they were packed in juice, not syrup so would otherwise frozen too solid. Added a tablespoon of vodka to enhance scoopability and froze. If you don't use an ice cream churner mash up the mixture with a fork every hour while it is freezing.
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Picked these up today at the farmers market. “French Breakfast Radishes” … hope they are as tasty as they are pretty. ☺️
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I can't remember if I showed you all this.
There are 7 more on the plant right now, 2 almost ready to pick. Kale and Swiss chard are pickable, and I should have green beans by the end of the week. Tomatoes are still green but there are a ton of them, and I think I might have rescued my ailing zucchini plant so hopefully I'll get a few of those. Raspberries have been amazing this year, and I've been snacking on about a pint a day as I walk back and forth. Planting them where I have to walk through them 8+ times a day as I'm watering was an excellent decision!7 -
A new sweeter batch of sorbet made with a 850g tin of mangoes in heavy syrup, two and a half bananas and the juice of a lime. Chose sweeter tinned fruit this time because we were expecting dinner guests bringing a two year old and I thought it better not to require vodka to enhance scoopability.
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Hi all! It’s been WILD for produce here. Things are slowing down a bit now; it’s HOT and my zuchinis have died, the tomatoes and cucumbers are struggling a little, but I have some baby green cantaloupes growing that should hopefully be ready soon.
I’ve been roasting, freeze drying, baking and making sandwiches like a madwoman. Gardening has been immensely satisfying!9 -
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Not my usual farmers' market, but it'll do. 😋 Replenished my all-important stock of cucumbers, too.
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Tried a dutch way to eat strawberries. On a buttered rusk and sprinkled with sugar. My dutch hubby's last serious girlfriend before me was french, and she use to get angry on behalf of the strawberries when saw this.
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First garden cantaloupe a week ago and though it was small it was EXQUISITE. I sprinkled my slices with various salts (plain sea, dried-basil-sea, and smoked) and it was all amazing.6 -
Khoua's Produce at the farmers market had long beans, my favorite green beans: I think they have a richer flavor than standard green beans. I've grown them in the past, and various bees/wasps loved them mysteriously much more than most other garden plants. (Table fork just for scale, in case these aren't familiar.)
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I didn't think to get photo evidence, but I snacked on the first carrots and zucchini from my garden yesterday afternoon. Tomatoes are ripening, including a handful in the fruit bowl that were knocked off when a crazy wind storm flipped the pot. We've had more eggplant, and today I'll be picking beans, carrots, and Swiss chard.3
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Fresh corn and black bean salad with lime juice, cumin and black pepper.
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