The Any Wonderful Food You Made From Your Garden Today Thread!

[DrakeMaiden]

Chocolate raspberry muffins sounds good!

 

[Hattie the Hen]

HiDelight

I think you would enjoy this site -- it's one of my favourites:-

http://recipecenterforall.blogspot.com/2007/10/aloo-paratha.html



Or perhaps you know it already?


:rose Hattie :rose

 

[Catalina]

Found one!

 

[HiDelight]

YAY Catalina!!! I am getting a couple a day here but not a bowl full yet!!!

thanks Hattie ...I am a curry whore


(is that ok to say here?)

I am toing to attempt to post stuffed vine leaves and a curry if I cn figure out how

 

[HiDelight]

the "raw" ingredients

stuffed leaves (I just made meatballs out of the leftover filling) and piled the filled leaves and meatballs on top of a layer of canned Italian tomatoes and a cup of diced rhubarb

put another layer of tomatoes and rhubarb on top fo the stuffed leaves and then cover with fig leaves (or more vine leaves..my first "harvest" was/is always skimpy but now I have tons of leaves!!!)

cover and put in the oven

there you go stuffed vine leaves in a wonderful fragrant ..suck your thumb twirl your hair ...comforting sweet tart sauce ...with many things from your garden

I can not remember where I posted the recipe now

 

[Hattie the Hen]

Ooooooh! You already said it!

Naughty girl......!!

I have a tasty thing I do with vine leaves ( but you don't actually eat the leaves). I usually make it when the leaves are large becase it makes it easier.

You take a casserole dish & lightly oil it : then line it completely with vine leaves overlapping them thoroughly. Fill the centre with mushrooms, either the ordinary common button ones or a mixture of wild ones. Add a little grated garlic, fresh thyme, chives, sea-salt & black pepper. Drizzle over a little olive oil & cover with more vine leaves, followed by the casserole lid. Cook in a moderately hot oven until mushrooms are cooked. It is very simple but so delicious -- the vine leaves impart something extra to the mushrooms which seems to bring out the essence of them. I have sometimes whizzed them up and used them over pasta or in a risotto.

My two vines are in leaf now so it won't be long till I get to taste it again ---Mmmmm...... row


:rose Hattie :rose

 

[HiDelight]

I hope people start using those grape leaves Hattie that casserole sounds to die for thank you so very much!!! .....I just realized and ran back to edit my post

I always put just under half cup good flavorful olive oil in the bottom of the Dutch oven first ..then (and I forgot and that was what I kept thinking was missing) this last batch to put the other half cup on top of the top leaves..the olive oil does matter and sometimes I will add the juice of a lemon ..if you are luck enough to have sumac use that instead of rhubarb in the sauce actually anything tart you like I have even used sorral


the stuffed vine leaves are a very nutritious and wholesome dish I think

 

[big brown horse]

HiDelight, that looks delicious!!! (I should have gotten up with the chickens to see what you edited, oh well... )

 

[HiDelight]

I said I was a curry whore thanks for the complement! they were really good!

I have bamboo shoots coming up all over one of my tiers (I grow it to make my very "rustic" trellis and bean polls ..so what better way to use them up and control this beast ...but to eat them
I have not done this yet because I am always overwhelmed this time of year with stuff ...oh well I am going to try them today!

this is an interesting link http://www.soniatasteshawaii.com/2007/07/bamboo-shoots-o.html
and I do not have shoots nearly THAT big but I live in Washington not Hawaii ...mine are about carrot sized

I understand all bamboo shoots are edible ...but would not swear to it ..so take your own chances!

anyone make fresh bamboo shoots here before? please advise me if you have!

today I am going to follow this and just do the 20 min cooking time

I have some tuna for dinner and I like how the salad she made with the shoots looks so grilled tuna and that ...YUP

I feel inspired to cook something new today

how about you guys?

something completely new for you???? come on!!!

 

[HiDelight]

Nettle paneer YUMM!!! Karanleaf how wonderful that sounds I make cream of nettles to help fight allergy season and forgot to this year and ..well we are suffering ..go figure huh?

but Nettle paneer wow

and yes last years raspberries count Catalina those sound wonderful

I am so craving anything chocolate right now the moon is not in my favor