23 June 2008
June has sort of been a panic-filled month, in a way. When the weather was constantly grey, and it was always raining outside, part of me felt like we were running out of summer days without being able to enjoy them. We've just had a week and a half of sublimely gorgeous sunshine and warmth, and now some other part of me feels like there aren't enough hours in the day to enjoy it all. I guess I'm just greedy for summer. It was a long, hard winter; I'll feel differently after two months of sweat.
So, this is my weekly post for One Local Summer. I bravely ignored the leftovers calling to me from the fridge (okay, I had some for lunch), and went forth into the vegetable garden. The peas are really starting to do their thing now, which has me feeling panicky about a time in the future when there will not be peas growing in the garden.
I also finally picked some kale, which I grew from seed. The plants I started indoors are looking really good, and the ones that are a few weeks behind are quickly catching up. The leaves are starting to get reeeally curly now!
I knew I wanted to sautee my broccoli, peas, and kale, just in a bit of olive oil and with some onion -- nothing to overwhelm their fresh-from-the-garden flavour. I could have pulled one of my own onions, but I've got some very young purple onions+tops from the farmers market in the fridge, and those won't last forever.
I also made a potato hash with local yukon golds (from the co-op), chives and rosemary from the garden, and some of those same green onion tops. As I was cooking everything, I started to worry that I'd made too much food for just myself. I always get a little overexcited with greens. But since neither the potatoes or the vegetables would keep very well, I put it all on my plate.
Looks like I had nothing to worry about. It was delicious. I forgot to panic for at least a dozen minutes.
looks deeelish! I can't wait for my veggies to start popping out.
posted by kim at June 25, 2008 03:14 PM