Fast summer food ( or a great reason to grow a garden )
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on 7/11/11 11:26 pm, edited 7/12/11 12:06 am
on 7/11/11 11:26 pm, edited 7/12/11 12:06 am
Its gonna be 97 sweltering , ozone-dangerous humid degrees in the shade most of the day today in NYC . But at 5 Am this morning .. I went shopping at first light .
The garden was still cool and fragrant from lilies,buddleia and the roses that are blooming now ... the grass tickled my barefeet - and I got to choose the iingredients for my snacks and dishes that my family and I will eat today at the top of their flavor and perfection ...
almost nothing gets stored in the refrigerator even for a day ( rather it ripens a bit more on the vine - usually theres a several day window for harvest ) . I picked large tomatoes , a patypan squash , a big ( but not woody ) delicious kohlrabi ,broccoli ( which comes every day till literally next year in tiny delicate florets ) .. and three colors of beautiful baby string beans .
Nothing has to be picked anywhere near the size ( or the un-tender age ) of grocery store offerings because the more U pick ..the more U get .. so U pick small tender and succulent .
TOMORROW needless to say I will pick totally different tasting things - kale , sweet winter squash , tiny cherry tomatoes for tabouleh ...the next day lettuce and herb based based salad ... I deliberately plant a large variety .
I chopped the tomatoes into an israeli chopped salad with onions , cucumber and red peppers . Took literally not two minutes. Added a tablespoon of vinegar and a little salt , regrigerated and .. done . A great refreshing snack to turn to throughout the day . ( I can add drained chickpeas to it if I want to make it a bit more substantial too )
I ate about a cupful of fresh raspberries as I was picking so that along with my protein teas was my first breakfast ..
then I made a quick stir fry with the kohlrabi cut into slivers , the broccoli , beans , ginger , onion , garlic , green curry , tom yum , chicken broth , butter buds m dry milk and coconut flavoring ( and a bit of cornstarch for body ) . Added chopped fresh basil just befor e serving . Again , took me about ten minutes , mostly in the vegetable prep . DElicious and filling .
For lunch I will make the squash with mole sauce ( again just butter buds , garlic, onion, chicken broth and veggies in the sauce ) .... ( also use my own garden grown sage , chives and and thyme in the sauce )
some kind of marinated lean meat or fish probably
and I saved the leaves of the kohlrabi to chop with de-veined kale leaves tomorrow to make a kale puree cooked with a Polish mushroom soup base ...
by eight AM im done cooking and cleaning up for the day - ( I'd also spent quite a bit of unrushed time listening to the birds and tying up my vines ) there are three separate prepared fresh vegetable dishes in the fridge , I;ve eaten a magnificent ( huge ) breakfast / brunch ... and it cost me literally nothing ...
And best yet .. tomorrow I wont wake up fat .. and I can stuff my face all over again 
without fear of gaining ...
oh - I also picked a bouquet while I was out there ... food for the soul
My garden makes me appreciate every single day too ... as the different flowers bloom in succession ... all in breathtaking never-to -be seen again beauty... I guess it makes time slow down in a sense because I'm APPRECIATING that day and EXPERIENCING that beauty .. sometimes I think was STARVING myself for experience and wonder while I was stuffing myself with excess food. ...
The garden was still cool and fragrant from lilies,buddleia and the roses that are blooming now ... the grass tickled my barefeet - and I got to choose the iingredients for my snacks and dishes that my family and I will eat today at the top of their flavor and perfection ...
almost nothing gets stored in the refrigerator even for a day ( rather it ripens a bit more on the vine - usually theres a several day window for harvest ) . I picked large tomatoes , a patypan squash , a big ( but not woody ) delicious kohlrabi ,broccoli ( which comes every day till literally next year in tiny delicate florets ) .. and three colors of beautiful baby string beans .
Nothing has to be picked anywhere near the size ( or the un-tender age ) of grocery store offerings because the more U pick ..the more U get .. so U pick small tender and succulent .
TOMORROW needless to say I will pick totally different tasting things - kale , sweet winter squash , tiny cherry tomatoes for tabouleh ...the next day lettuce and herb based based salad ... I deliberately plant a large variety .
I chopped the tomatoes into an israeli chopped salad with onions , cucumber and red peppers . Took literally not two minutes. Added a tablespoon of vinegar and a little salt , regrigerated and .. done . A great refreshing snack to turn to throughout the day . ( I can add drained chickpeas to it if I want to make it a bit more substantial too )
I ate about a cupful of fresh raspberries as I was picking so that along with my protein teas was my first breakfast ..
then I made a quick stir fry with the kohlrabi cut into slivers , the broccoli , beans , ginger , onion , garlic , green curry , tom yum , chicken broth , butter buds m dry milk and coconut flavoring ( and a bit of cornstarch for body ) . Added chopped fresh basil just befor e serving . Again , took me about ten minutes , mostly in the vegetable prep . DElicious and filling .
For lunch I will make the squash with mole sauce ( again just butter buds , garlic, onion, chicken broth and veggies in the sauce ) .... ( also use my own garden grown sage , chives and and thyme in the sauce )
some kind of marinated lean meat or fish probably
and I saved the leaves of the kohlrabi to chop with de-veined kale leaves tomorrow to make a kale puree cooked with a Polish mushroom soup base ...
by eight AM im done cooking and cleaning up for the day - ( I'd also spent quite a bit of unrushed time listening to the birds and tying up my vines ) there are three separate prepared fresh vegetable dishes in the fridge , I;ve eaten a magnificent ( huge ) breakfast / brunch ... and it cost me literally nothing ...
And best yet .. tomorrow I wont wake up fat .. and I can stuff my face all over again without fear of gaining ... oh - I also picked a bouquet while I was out there ... food for the soul
My garden makes me appreciate every single day too ... as the different flowers bloom in succession ... all in breathtaking never-to -be seen again beauty... I guess it makes time slow down in a sense because I'm APPRECIATING that day and EXPERIENCING that beauty .. sometimes I think was STARVING myself for experience and wonder while I was stuffing myself with excess food. ...
Will you adopt me??? I will clean if you cook??!! LOL
We planted our very first garden at our new home this year just tomatoes, which are starting to come in nicely. I am looking forward in the years to come to expand our garden and grow lots more. You are inspiring! Thank you, it all looks delicious and makes me wants to sit out in the yard and enjoy nature!
We planted our very first garden at our new home this year just tomatoes, which are starting to come in nicely. I am looking forward in the years to come to expand our garden and grow lots more. You are inspiring! Thank you, it all looks delicious and makes me wants to sit out in the yard and enjoy nature!
RNY Maintenance"Create your day"
Wow. You are a gal after my own heart. I would just die and go to heaven in your garden. And your food just looks and sound delicious. I want to be that creative with my food.
One of the years I am going to plant a garden. I just feel I cannot take on another job. After work I feel so wiped out that I dont really want to work in a garden. Yes, I love my mornings, not sure I would want to pull weeds etc. Oh well. One day.
Please keep sharing your recipes. Yum. Yum.
One of the years I am going to plant a garden. I just feel I cannot take on another job. After work I feel so wiped out that I dont really want to work in a garden. Yes, I love my mornings, not sure I would want to pull weeds etc. Oh well. One day.
Please keep sharing your recipes. Yum. Yum.
Moving on to better health
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on 7/12/11 7:47 am, edited 7/12/11 9:20 pm
on 7/12/11 7:47 am, edited 7/12/11 9:20 pm
Ya'll are TOO cute .. 
Every lightweight is invited ..seriously ... for goodness' sakes I have an EMPTY apartment across the street ..this is hospitality central ...
here is dinner ... tempeh ( what is SO great about coconut - marinated Tempeh ? but I can't stop eating it ... ) with the pattypan squash carrots and organic cremini mushrooms in chicken stock , garlic , onion and chocolate based rich MOLE sauce from walmart ( $ 1.39 look in the Mexican section ) ...( with the oil drained off ) I add a little butter buds and marsala cooking wine / cornstarch to it too .
yes its UTTERLY decadent and weirdly chocolatey ..it satisfies Ur comfort-food and chocolate fix craving without ever being a dessert ...
theres something so perfect about squash ( an american continent vegetable ) in Mole or Pipian or Green Mole sauce .... something so ancient and wonderful and venerable ... U can just picture the EMPIRES this food built as U eat it ...
also made fresh sliced strawberries in almond agar based gelatin for dessert ... practically no sugar , seaweed as the thickener to tweak the metabolism a bit .. and DELICIOUS ...
Every lightweight is invited ..seriously ... for goodness' sakes I have an EMPTY apartment across the street ..this is hospitality central ... here is dinner ... tempeh ( what is SO great about coconut - marinated Tempeh ? but I can't stop eating it ... ) with the pattypan squash carrots and organic cremini mushrooms in chicken stock , garlic , onion and chocolate based rich MOLE sauce from walmart ( $ 1.39 look in the Mexican section ) ...( with the oil drained off ) I add a little butter buds and marsala cooking wine / cornstarch to it too .
yes its UTTERLY decadent and weirdly chocolatey ..it satisfies Ur comfort-food and chocolate fix craving without ever being a dessert ...
theres something so perfect about squash ( an american continent vegetable ) in Mole or Pipian or Green Mole sauce .... something so ancient and wonderful and venerable ... U can just picture the EMPIRES this food built as U eat it ...
also made fresh sliced strawberries in almond agar based gelatin for dessert ... practically no sugar , seaweed as the thickener to tweak the metabolism a bit .. and DELICIOUS ...
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