2010

Local Food 5/5/2010

I wasn’t planning on making a mid-week market trip, but my mom broke her arm and I’ve got lots of eggs.  What does this have to do with asparagus, you ask?  Quiche! 

Quiche is one of those things that freezes very well and bakes up perfectly without the need to thaw.  This makes it a perfect dish to give to my mom when she can’t easily cook for herself.  I decided that Asparagus Swiss Quiche would probably make her happier than the recent Bacon Swiss Quiche I made, so I began the hunt for asparagus which happens to be in season right this minute. 

First I went to the normal Wednesday market where neither of the farmers had any asparagus for me.  Then I went over to the farm that I share 5-feet of property line with, and they had some fantastic looking asparagus!  My lucky day.  And this is as local as it gets short of your own personal garden! 

I’ll be following the recipe for Bacon Swiss Quiche almost exactly; I’ll just be substituting slightly steamed asparagus for the bacon.  (Which doesn’t seem like a fair trade… but my mom will love it!)

Local Food 5/1/2010

Yay!  The market is open again!  Of course it’s early in the growing season so there wasn’t much produce to be had. 

I did come away with a dozen lovely eggs, five bunches of green onions, a nice pile of Swiss chard, and a bunch of parsley that you can just see peeking out in the back. 

Then I got home and realized that I’ve already got 3 cartons of eggs in the fridge, so this might be a quiche-filled week!  I have no idea yet what I’ll be using everything for, I’m just thrilled to finally have local, fresh produce again. 

Art and I plan to go strawberry picking tomorrow at the farm beyond our backyard.  Yum.