2009 August | A Sense of Place

Really, a Zucchini Spindle!

If your garden’s producing more than mine and you have too much zucchini, check out Linda Ligon’s zucchini spindle.

Cooking Ahead for the Week

Cooking ahead again, since this week will be busy:

Navy bean gravy, from Vegan Brunch by Isa Chandra Moskowitz. This was good with a baked potato and some plain Greek yogurt.
Sea slaw, from Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything Vegetarian. This combination of cabbage, wakame, and peanuts sounds odd but is really good. I’ve made it several times.
Grated carrot salad with parsley, lime juice, and olive oil
Couscous salad with tricolor couscous, red and yellow bell peppers, green onions, broiled eggplant, chickpeas, olive oil, and lots of rice vinegar
Hummus with freshly cooked chickpeas and extra tahini

The garden still isn’t producing much, but I did pick a few more tomatoes. I also weeded and planted a wild lettuce mix in the planter in hopes of getting some fall lettuce.

My biweekly produce box from Timber Creek Farms finally included some sweet corn. Two ears, steamed for five minutes, and homegrown tomatoes fresh from the garden this morning — a perfect summer lunch.

First Tomatoes!

Picked the first tomatoes of the season today, just about when I usually do, despite the cool summer that we’ve had. Three Sweet Hearts grape tomatoes, and two Orange Paruche cherry tomatoes.

I also picked some arugula. The beans and peppers are in flower, and there’s one eggplant.