Cooking and eating from the garden, cont’d.
I think it is week 17 and 18 from my CSA bounty. But I have also been buying some seasonal Western produce: peaches and peppers from Washington State and hopefully soon, some blueberries from Oregon. Washington, Oregon and California are close enough that I am including their seasonal stuff that comes direct to Montana as local :)!
Here we go!
More cucumbers and I dressed them in a creamy dressing of a wee bit of homemade mayo, greek yogurt, buttermilk, dill, salt and a good dose of fresh ground pepper.
In addition to a refreshing salad, the mix made a good topping for a spicy corn chowder. My CSA corn and green pepper went into the chowder.
I blitzed a bit of the cucumber salad to make a riff of tzatziki sauce which also went well with some chowder.
Oh…those little tomatoes!!! They are sweet like candy and I ate most of them just like candy – as a sweet snack!
Kale, sweet onion and green beans roasted in olive oil and basalmic vinegar…
…. they went in another soup.
As the calendar flipped to September, the weather flipped to Fall. Cool/cold nights warming to Fallish afternoons. Soup sounded good and it was.
But…still time for some salad. This last week had beautiful lettuce mix. I added some ham, corn off the cob, pumpkin seeds and a ranchish dressing…along with some Washington State Elberta peaches.
Roast Chiles!! Anaheims, Red, Jalapeno – on the grill…for chile rellenos…
Oh, yeah! And in addition to the above which were part of my CSA distribution, the local grocery had a chile weekend and I bought a number of the best Anaheim peppers I’ve seen in these parts. Those have been roasted and frozen for Winter enjoyment.
Cooking and eating from the garden and local produce. It continues to be wonderful eating and preserving.