sleepy Sunday

It's remarkable how an entire day can be taken up by food if you let it.

First off, I forgot in my last post that we got our first pint of potatoes last week! That's because Layna hid them, probably hoping I wouldn't find them. But, as I was cleaning up the kitchen today, there they were.

Today I made four things. One was braised pork loin cutlets with thyme-lemon sauce. I used the nice pork cutlets from Chestnut Farms and herbs from The Food Project. I love it when the two farms come together in one skillet. I cooked up some mizuna and chard with the few fava beans I popped out of the shell. (I think I got 2 dozen beans from the bag I picked, not a good pull for the labor I put in but pretty yummy.) I sauteed the whole mess in garlic and the herbed vinegar from the farm, and the vinegar really sweetens the bitter of the greens.

I made up a big wok full of pat-a-pan squash. Iron Chef America had a zucchini challenge today, and they included pat-a-pan. "Notorious for no flavor." Bah on that. I cook it in a wok with garlic, olive oil, and saltnpeppa for a summery treat. I almost want to watch that episode again, though, or write down the recipes, because I guess ya can do a lot more with squash than I've tried. Zucchini wrapped around scallops, zucchini pesto, zucchini casserole, zucchini fritters...just beautiful.

I made pasta and meatballs too. I hope we get more ground meat next time so I don't have to do meatballs out of the bag...and we surely need tomatoes because I did tomatoes out of a can. But I cooked the meatballs with fresh basil, added a can of plain tomatoes and a can of garlic and basil tomatoes, two cloves of garlic, and a bunch of scallions. The secret was adding some crumbled lemon lavender goat cheese to the top. Finally, I figured out what to do with the stuff! Tangy!