Farm Walk-About (and other things)

This morning was bright and wonderful, and I went to harvest all the things I could find. 

There is so much green in the garden! Thankfully, there is also the red, purple and yellow of ripened vegetables.

Zucchini Bread

We have SO MUCH zucchini! There are also some really big ones, so the best thing to do (obviously), is to make zucchini bread. I first made this last week, and it literally disappeared overnight. Last week, we had run out of cinnamon so I decided to sub in cloves and ground cardamom, as well as a little allspice.

Well. I think I really hit on something, it's crazy delicious, and doesn't taste like the usual zucchini bread. I also decreased the sugar from the original recipe, and I think it's plenty sweet. I would like to sub applesauce for half the oil, but we didn't have any so maybe next time.

Ginger Cookies

The other day, I got Anna and Rigo to take me to the mall, because as I told Rigo, it's my natural habitat and I could die if I'm away for too long. In return for the suffering of wandering the mall with me, I told him I would make him ginger cookies, which I had made last week and he absolutely loved. When I made them last week, I made them into ice cream sandwiches with vanilla ice cream. They were absolutely fabulous.

Evening Bounty Makes a Delicious Lunch

It's been really hot here, as usual. On Wednesday I did a mini-harvest, including a big bag of basil, green beans, zucchini, some cherry tomatoes, and snap peas. Oh, and a cucumber and eggplant. Of course me and Mikey had a silly time taking pictures, as usual.

I Really, Really Hate Bugs

I really, really hate bugs. Why do I hate bugs? Because they're gross, and crunchy, or slimy, and crawl away really fast...

Rainy Days Call For Chocolate Chip Cookies

The day didn't start off as rainy, in fact it started very hot. I think by the time it was 8am it was already up to the high twenties. I got busy killing squash bug eggs, but it was hot and boring so me and Mikey decided to have some fun and take some pictures.

Then I realized I could put the camera on a timer and take picture of both of us!

Beautiful Vegetables Make Beautiful Food

For shabbat Elisheva and I cooked dinner from vegetables in the garden. We made roasted carrots, roasted zucchini, and stuffed chard. The stuffed chard was all Elisheva, and it was something I would never even think to make, but was so incredibly delicious. She stuffed the chard with quinoa, chickpeas, ground beef (Fiji was his name), and spices. The rolls were put in a pan, chicken stock was poured over it, and then it was baked. Near the end she added avgolemono, a Greek egg-lemon sauce. It was outstanding and creative.

While prepping the carrots, I noticed how they were so incredibly beautiful and had to take pictures:

Shechita

I haven't yet written about shechita, but I have been meaning to. I finally had my camera ready for the latest one, and so I took a bunch of pictures. Only click to see further if you think you can handle it, some of the pictures are a little gruesome.

Marinated Garlic Three Ways

A couple weeks ago we harvested the garlic, but a lot of the stems were too dry and broke off. I don't think you can cure garlic for storage properly without the stems, so I decided we would peel them and use the cloves fresh. The best way to keep them is to put them in oil or marinate them so they don't dry out or get mouldy. I decided to marinate three different ways and see how each would come out.

Farm Walk-About

Dinner Last Night: Spicy Lentil Burritos

(this is actually from a couple weeks ago but still delicious!)

Farm Walk-About

Farm Walk-About: Can't Beat The Heat

It's still so hot here, and new vegetables are coming up! We now have zucchini growing, which will soon be growing like mad, eggplants, green beans, onions, basil, chard, etc. Delicious!

Onion Flower