Salads From The Garden

After the second breakfast I posted about on Saturday, I headed for the garden and Bev came down a little later to pick a few things. It’s been so warm, some of our lettuces are already starting to bolt and had to be picked, so we ended up with about a bushel of lettuce – we’ve emailed all of our friends to come get it.  You can tell it's bolting when it starts getting tall like this - it was supposed to be a nice buttercrunch head.

She also picked some kale, spinach, and green onions, advised me of the lunch she was fixing and headed for the house. As I’ve said many times, she’s the real chef in the family and whipped up this dish starting with sautéed kale, garlic, green onion, and grape tomatoes. She added a can of rinsed great northern beans and tossed with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. It was delicious and helped offset the big breakfast.

Then for dinner she made a strawberry spinach salad that included our spinach, berries from the farm up the road, cucumber, and our green onion, Newman's Caesar Dressing and a choice of feta or bleu cheese crumbles all topped with some barely reheated and thinly sliced smoked tri tip and grated parmesan. It was also delicious and again helped out with the heavy breakfast.

Friend Joe ate with us and we began the meal with a margarita - I blended up a few strawberries and made Bev a frozen one.

A day of good eats I’d say and I just love growing our food.

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Have a great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South.

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Larry