One Local Summer 2007, Dinner Menu 09
- Pattypan squash (DelVal College - 12 miles), stuffed a sauteéd mixture of the squash, seitan (Ray's Seitan - 37 miles), onion, red frying peppers, carrots, garlic (all from Blooming Glen Farm CSA crop share - 5 miles) and jalapeño (our garden - 0 miles). I spiced it up the hot sauce Jason made last week with peppers from Blooming Glen and our garden. Nonlocal ingredients used: olive oil, sage, thyme, black pepper
- Boiled red potatoes (Blooming Glen) with with vegan buttery spread (Earth Balance - 117 miles).
- Fresh, raw heirloom tomato slices and cucumber half-circles (Blooming Glen).
- Whirlwind Witbier (Victory Brewing Company - 45 miles).
Ok, now to the food!
I'm overflowing with produce to the point that I'm storing some of our CSA and garden bounty on the dining room table. It looks pretty and takes care of a centerpiece, but I discovered an added benefit, as well. Because they're always in view, all week, I've been considering how to use the peppers, onion, garlic and potatoes in my meal. And when I saw some gorgeous pattypan squash at DelVal, I immediately put them in the context of that bowl on the table.
From the recipes I found online, patty pan squash seems to be traditionally stuffed with sausage, so I incorporated some sausage-y spices like pepper and sage into the seitan mixture I put together for our vegan dinner. I upped the hotness a bit more by using Jason's pepper sauce. I decided to serve the squash with very simple veggies that would cool all that spice. It was a great meal, and two squash fit perfectly into the toaster oven. Hooray for no super hot kitchen or preheating a giant stove!
Only one more week of OLS. I can't believe it!
3 comments:
No, two more weeks. Cause I want to do our OWN when I visit! :) :) :)
PS: These damn codes I have to type in to leave comments are getting LONGER AND LONGER every time, I swear!
Mikaela I really hope you're planning on continuing OLS in some fashion or another, maybe with Eat Local Challenge. You're an inspiration (even if I don't always make it to the finish line)!
Aw, thanks Peg :) You did awesome, too!
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