The stuff on the left is mashed potatoes with some wasabi powder. More subtle than you'd think... Inspired by Veganomicon.
The stuff on the right is finely sliced onions, fennel, and mei quin choy sauteed with some soy sauce. Very flavorful!
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Raw cashew & lemon cookies
Sorry for the late post, I actually made these last weekend. I soaked raw cashews overnight, let them dry, and then pureed them with fresh-squeezed meyer lemon juice. I formed them into "cookies" and dehydrated them for about 12 hours at 105 degrees. They were really nice, and I will make them again, but they didn't keep as well as I would have liked.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Grilled tofu and zucchini
Actually, the tofu's not grilled, because there wasn't room in the grill pan with two halved zucchinis filling it. The zucchini was fresh from the garden and the tofu was fresh from San Jose Tofu, pressed to drain a bit and with light slatherings of a maple syrup/soy sauce glaze on the cooked sides. More subtle than I expected, but nice.
Corn
I lived in Illinois for four years and I am fairly certain that the closest I got to an actual corn plant was helping to set up the 'Children of the Corn' room in the theatre department's annual haunted house one year. I remember driving to work every day in the summer of 1995 past acre after acre of corn and you could practically watch it growing if you were stopped at a stoplight. There's a lot in the news about corn right now and most of it isn't very optimistic.
I think it's pretty.
June 22nd, Biointensive bed
It's been hot all week, the Internet says up to 97 but I'm pretty sure it was over 100 for a couple of days. So, this bed has pretty much doubled in size. The potatoes are starting to fall over and I'm going to try to stake them up tonight. The corn is...huge. The squash is about to flower and the canteloupe keeps wandering into the onions and carrots. The beans, cucumbers, and tomatoes are all doing beautifully as long as they're restrained.
When I first planned this garden, back in January or so, I thought it was far too big and I kept telling myself that if I only got half of it done then that would be plenty. Well...I did it! Our bedroom window looks out on the backyard and that's the first thing I look at when I get up in the morning, making sure everything's alright and just enjoying the transformation from bare dirt with occasional weeds to food, food, and more food. Almost there...
June 22nd, raised beds
We've had 6 zucchini from the garden so far: 4 grilled, one given away, and one made into zucchini bread. There will be more zucchini, probably, oh, tomorrow. Maybe Tuesday. There is one little Green Zebra tomato in progress - I'm keeping a close eye on it because I had so much trouble with the tomatoes last year. I'm trying to water only the base of the plants and only when they look like they need it and so far the blossoms are hanging on...we'll see if all the plants set fruit. The bell peppers are now next to the tomatoes because, when they were between the corn and the potatoes, they got about 2 hours of sun a day. Hopefully this is the last time I'll have to move them! I need to cut the parsley and mint back and use some of it. I made pesto with the basil this week and used most of 4 plants in the process. The basil seedlings (in pots) are doing okay despite being dug up by something one night this week, but the cilantro and parsley aren't sprouting at all. The chard and arugula are coming back and I'll try to use the leaves when they're smaller this time.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Squash slaw
Well, the latest batch of beer bread came out poorly. So, here's some "squash slaw" to make up for it. Two summer squash, two other unidentified green squashed, and two carrots grated into a bowl, with the juice of a meyer lemon and a bit of olive oil stirred in.
It's really good but needs something else. Raisins, maybe?
It's really good but needs something else. Raisins, maybe?
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