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Thursday, May 29, 2008

Jambalaya and the first garden veggies

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Last night's supper:


I bought the yellow squash from the vegetable stand, as our squash plants are still just a small green dream of suppers to come.  The rest came from the garden- the first of the peas, mostly in the pods, some lamb's quarter (also known as a weed) and a bit of swiss chard.  I had never eaten swiss chard before.  It's tasty.  I just sauteed the squash in a big bit of butter for 3 or 4 minutes then added the green stuff and some salt and pepper for another 2 minutes and chucked it in my pretty new bowl. 

All the things on table are from my yard sale trip with Chas last weekend.  The doily, the bowl and the platter were 50 cents each.  That was the average price of all the things I bought actually. 

The jambalaya is from Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything although I used kielbasa instead of shrimp and 2 CANS of tomatoes instead of 2 cups of fresh ones (that was a bit of a whoops but it worked out well) I also used brown rice which extended the cooking time to at least an hour (and I put the lid on for a portion of the cooking time).  In lieu of fresh bell pepper (which I should have in spades in a couple months) I used a pickled pepper from last year's bounty.  My garnish is a few leaves of wood sorrel which has a slightly tangy taste when eaten alone but adds only color to this dish.  Honey said it was the best jambalaya he has ever eaten (because growing up north of Seattle you know he's a serious authority on Cajun food) which made me happy.  We'll definitely be having this again, much to TH's dislike.  I used a whole kielbasa (1 pound) but half would have easily sufficed.  This dish would double nicely for a bigger crowd- we had plenty of leftovers as it was. 
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Friday, May 30, 2008 - Untitled Comment


Posted by Schatzi
Looks delicious....can almost taste it from here...almost :-)

Have a blessed weekend.

Connie


Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - Yum-o!


Posted by Chas
Yum-o!!! Mmm... that looks wonderful!
You are such a good cook! :D
It makes me eager to get my veggies out of my garden, we have teeny squash and zuchs and maters and peppers... soonly we will FEAST! :D
I love you my friend!
Chas


Saturday, June 7, 2008 - Untitled Comment


Posted by joanneanita
The food looks great! I have been reading through your blog today (I found your blog through your mum's blog). You have a lovely family and I have enjoyed your recipes and sewing too.
Would you mind if I added you as a friend?
Have a great weekend.
Joanne


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Preserving the Harvest 2008


~June 22nd~
*11 half-pints
honey-sweetened peach-strawberry jam
~June 27th~
*7 half-pints and 2 pints
honey-sweetened peach jam
~June 28th~
*24 home-grown chickens in the freezer
(7 whole, 17 cut up
plus feet and backs for stock!!)
~July 6th~
*8 pints and 14 half-pints
honey-sweetened peach jam
~July 16th~
*18 cups fresh green beans,
blanched and frozen (a gift from the boss)
*12 pounds ripe bananas,
cut into 1 inch chunks and frozen for smoothies
~July 22nd~
*32 ears home-grown corn
blanched and frozen in meal-sized packages
~July 27th~
*8 pints cream-style corn
(home grown)
~July~
about *8 cups blackberries
and *5 cups wild blueberries
from around our property,
in the freezer
~August 4th~
14 pints
4 half-pints
and 1 quart
hot and spicy tomato salsa
(that's 18 cups altogether)

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