One Local Summer, week 11: Midwest

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Anne of Green Leanings:  “This week’s meal featured pole beans from the garden, chicken wrapped in bacon, corn on the cob (we aren’t tired of it yet!) and the cutest little baby red thumb potatoes.”

Karen of toteleeding:  “One the menu was potato, tomato, mozarella casserole, fresh green and wax beans, and garlic bread.”

Joy of Spiral of Seasons:  “Accompaning our local chicken (Farrar Out Farm, Kirkwood Farmers Market) tonight were two new vegetables to us, both from our CSA, delicata squash and edamame.”

Anna of twelve22.org made a lovely potato and onion soup and served it with fresh corn.

Jenny of The Nourished Kitchen:  “This week we enjoyed pot roast (recipe coming so stay tuned) with carrots and onion garnished with wild chives over rustic sourdough noodles, braised turnips with parsley and the simple green salad that always graces our table.  And one of the last cherry clafoutis (recipe coming so stay tuned ) of the season finished our meal.”

Sirena of Swimming in this Sea of Life made pasta with her tomatoes, mushrooms, sausage and local pasta!

Becke of Columbus Foodie:  “This week, I give you something that takes advantage of all of the lovely potatoes and onions at the farmers market. I’ve made it local by serving it with sausages and sauerkraut from Thurn’s, potatoes from the Worthington Farmers Market, bacon from Thurn’s, and onions from Wayward Seed Farms. ... This potato salad is like the ones I grew up on - very vinegary and smoky but a tad sweet at the same time. I probably should have grilled the sausages but I ended up just cooking them in the sauerkraut. Enjoy!”

Debbie of Rites of Passage had another undocumented meal of a “stir fry” with various varieties of squash, green pepper, tomatoes, green beans, onions, and dried mushrooms, served over quinoa.