Pumpkins gone wild!
Score a round for the farmers! We removed 12 more slugs from the garden this morning! They went to their maker in a gloriously intoxicated haze of Rainier beer.
It was another scorcher here, 90 degrees. We gave the garden a good watering early this morning and harvested lots of peapods. The pumpkins vines are threatening to take over the rest of the garden. The pumpkins are already forming. Hmm, I can already smell the pies.
Today was Saturday market day. Alex and I foraged for fresh goodies along with our friends Lisa and Karen and her 3 sisters. We found onions, eggplant, heirloom tomatoes, cauliflower, Thai basil, golden ginger apples, black currents, hazelnuts, hazelnut oil, and blackberry honey.
We put our veggies to work for dinner tonight. We made chili reyenos with fresh salsa, avocado, and chilied mango slices. All the ingredients came from the farmers' markets or our CSA box. The CSA box contains mostly veggies from the farm, along with some veggies from other WA organic farms, and a few organic fruits from CA/Central Am. All of the items are fair trade and sustainably farmed; so we don't feel too guilty about enjoying avocado and mango occassionally.
We had an e-mail question from a reader wondering about our eating preferences. I'd say we are health-oriented flexitarians. We eat lots of organic/sustainable vegetables, fruit, and whole grains. We enjoy many meals with no meat, but we do incorporate meat on some days. It's hardly ever the centerpoint of our meal, rather a side or an ingredient part of a veggie filled whole, as in stews and curries. Our meat, poultry, fish, and eggs come from local sources and is raised as cruelty free as possible (free range, wild caught, no hormones, etc). We love ethnic foods and trying out new recipes from all over. So if you have a favorite veggie filled yummie, zap us the recipe!
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