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Showing posts with label farm to fork. Show all posts
Showing posts with label farm to fork. Show all posts

Thursday, April 13, 2017

country n news-more farm to fork

COUNTRY N NEWS-MORE FARM TO FORK

my wife she said i want grilled veggies tonight
i knew she didnt mean put veggies on an outside grill
cook them till they are charred

so i told her
ill go down to the garden to see what i can find to cook tonight

what i do is fill a casserole dish with aluminum foil
grease it real good with olive oil
sprinkle the bottom with seasonings
salt crushed pepper a seasoning mixture from ms dash
then i layer in my veggies
adding some crushed garlic from last years garden of course
reseasoning with the same stuff as above
mixing it all together
adding a spring or two of rosemary from our yard
cover it all with an aluminum foil lid

half way through cooking
i remove the lid and finish the cooking
total time at 425 is about 50 minutes
adjusting it up or down based on what the veggies look like
at the halfway point
my wife she likes hers slightly crunchy
i like mine softer
whoever does the cooking wins out on that one

so
knowing what she wanted for supper
i wandered down to the garden
on the way i passed one of our peach trees
our early peaches tree
they sure are looking good
a few more weeks and we could add them to the veggie mix
or
make a peach cobbler for dessert
walking by the aspargus bed i spotted some
asparagus that have sprouted up over the last few days
i picked them for our supper
then
my swiss chard is in full bloom
i like the rainbow swiss chard since its so colorful
i grabbed a big handful and cut it off
placing it in my bag with the asparagus
there next to my swiss chard are some beets
i had left to grow larger
so
i plucked them

we will roast them for supper
then saving half of the roasted beets for use in salads
these things are so sweet tasting
i can see why they are called sugar beets sometimes
my onions just doubled in size
with the last rain
i had also refertilized them with my organic fertilizer
now
we use rainwater to water our garden with
but
for some reason
when it rains the garden just seems to pop out with
growth the next day

i found a big one
to slice up for supper
then
i go digging around for new potatoes
you dont know what new potatoes are
then
you arent from the south
its the first potatoes you can pick
if you desire you can easily rub off the peel with your finger
we leave ours on
some i dig up being careful not to damage the roots
they are just right for popping in your mouth
eating them raw
i did and so did my wife she

then
i looked around
there was some sweet peas
i picked then
ok so i ate half of them
like i did the asparagus
right there in the garden

oh
thats the advantage of having your own garden
midday snacks fresh for the picking
most of our asparagus and sweet peas never leave the garden
intact

then
i spy some multiplying onions from this winter
and
some garlic chives
i clip the blades off
to add flavor to the veggies

then i chopped all this stuff up
adding it to the dish like above
adding some mushrooms and sweet corn
leaving us
with a supper that looked like this before it was cooked

all organic
farm to fork
our farm to our fork

it doesnt taste any better than this

the organicgreen doctor

Thursday, October 20, 2016

country n news-eat what you sow

COUNTRY N NEWS-EAT WHAT YOU SOW

thats what we do around here
in our country n garden
here is a dish of veggies that i grilled this last week
no i didnt got to the grocery store to buy them
there are no prepackaged treated veggies in here

all of these ingredients
all organically grown
sure to be chemical free
most just pulled from the country n garden
well except for the green beans onions garlic
the green beans were frozen from this springs harvest
otherwise
all fresh ingredients
true
farm to fork meal

ingredients
olive oil
ms dash original seasoning blend
some crushed pepper

Image result for organicgreendoctor.com onion chimes
onions from this springs garden
i have them in the onion chimes hanging in our garage

bell peppers i planted this spring
summered over
now exploding in production

jalopeno peppers and poblano peppers
summered over also

egg plant planted this spring
summered over now bursting with production

okra lots of okra
clemson spineless and red german okras

malibar spinach that grows on a vine
the hotter the weather the better it likes it
providing spinach for salads casseroles grilling
all summer and fall

garlic from the spring harvest
some i just replanted this last week
to be harvested next april

rosemary plucked from the plant by our front door

green and red tomatoes
from a juliet tomato that just popped up
when i planted my citrus tree this spring
that nature shes good
this plant has provided us months of fresh tomatoes

so
the country n
is
the farm to fork place

the organicgreen doctor