Back in Business!

Today is opening day of the Saturday Farmer's Market in Lake Oswego, OR. Whoopie!! They are back in business! The freshest fruits and vegetables, the most colorful flowers, the tastiest cold pressed juices. Yeah, I missed you, you vibrant-as-all-get-out market, you : )

White Asparagus with Saboyan Sauce

Look what I found at the market today... white asparagus! Not something you see every day around here.

Today, I'm preparing this delicacy with an elegant olive oil based Sabayon sauce. Found a great recipe on the Saveur Magazine site.

What a treat!!

Roasted Brussels Sprouts, aka Mon Petite Choux

And here's the after shot. So, in addition to these looking all roasty and warm and browned and gorgeous, they TASTE incredibly flavorful and delicious! I think it's the lemon zest that puts these humble veggies over the top. Yum!

Brussels Sprouts Ready for Roasting

 

It's brussels sprouts season in California. The time of the year when you can drive out to the coast and see the tall, funny looking stalks populating the fields of the local farms.

I've never roasted them before, but am preparing to use Nigella Lawson's recipe which is essentially:

425 oven

Garlic infused olive oil

a little rosemary

salt 

lemon zest

pecorino cheese

Simple.

Mix the brussels sprouts together with the olive oil, rosemary and lemon zest. I'm adding a little salt here, but Nigella prefers to add after roasting.

Roast for 20-25 minutes or so.  

Remove from the oven, add salt, pepper, and the pecorino cheese.

Results soon!!!

Eat Fresh!

So this is what I'm trying to do these days. Eat fresh. Less packaging, less processing, less damn plastic.

I'm giving up plastic water bottles, plastic grocery bags, plastic milk bottles, but I'm realizing that plastic is everywhere these days. It's on my car's steering wheel, on my phone. Oh eek, it's even on the keyboard I'm typing on. Urgh.

Well, I'll just do the best I can. I'll avoid as much plastic as I can and eat fresh, fresh, fresh. Now who wants a carrot?