Eat local

Tis the season for eating locally! Last night I had Bengineer over for dinner. Apart from the broiled fish I served, which was decidedly not local, here was our menu:

sliced tomatoes with goat cheese and basil

corn on the cob

roasted green beans with thyme

homemade zucchini bread

Very organic, very local. The tomatoes and goat cheese came from our local farmers' market (my own tomatoes aren't ripe yet). The basil came from my garden. And the corn, beans, and zucchini came from the thriving garden of G&J, who like nothing better than to stuff my car with fresh produce when I go down to their beautiful place for a visit.

Yum.

Comments

[jim Finnegan]

Sounds so good! I've been growing "Early Girl" tomatoes. A few have ripened and were delicious. I have to harvest them quickly or Jack (my Cocker Spaniel) takes them right off the vine. He got one of my big ones early this week as it was ripening.

[Sara]

That's awesome, Cara. I've dispensed with the idea of growing my own this summer; I haven't even been able to do basic weeding since I came home. Thank goodness for the farmer's market! And I love, love, love, the cheese from Prairie Fruits.

[Lu]

Thanks for feeding my boy so well, Cara!

My mouth is watering at the menu.

[grace]

thanks for the plug! We might call our pesto Giorgio Pesto from Mason Garms!