The local vegetables…and the weather
Vegetables and the weather…not things you’d think go together.
They don’t. Well, except what bad weather does to things in gardens…
So, Veg: tomatoes, beets and cabbage figure prominently in last and this week’s menus.
As noted 2 weeks ago when I bought the last of the Farmer’s market tomatoes…I ate what I could and processed the rest into sauce. I used some of the sauce and then decided I needed to freeze what was left.
I’d seen a blurb on using paper cups – vs ice cube trays (too small) or flat zips (good!) and decided to give the cups a try. I found paper cups with no wax or other “stuff”. Hopefully, I can peel off the cups, dump the 3 oz of tomato sauce in a pan, slowly heat and “Bob’s your Uncle” – the perfect bit of tomato sauce for 1!!
The freezing part went fine. The peeling and thawing and use…to be cont’d at a later date.
Next up is the beets.
When I bought the beets, I also bought some spicy sprouts. I LOVE a sandwich of beets, goat cheese and sprouts on my own rustic seed bread.
But, browsing beet salad recipes…so as to also use the greens…
Anyway, I ended up mashing several recipes to make a roast beet galette: beets, caramelized onions, capers, HORSERADISH! and goat cheese and my own Brioche dough for the “crust”.
Kind of pretty.
Kind of beautiful and VERY delicious. I had 2/3 for supper and the other 1/3 for a breakfast.
Yum.
On to the cabbage.
Still enjoying cabbage salads, but an experiment is ongoing this week.
Sauerkraut in the making…details after fermentation is complete.
So much for the vegetables…now for the weather!
After a September that couldn’t decide whether to be summer, fall or one occasion winter…October starts decidedly and beautifully Fall!