Week of Greens
Our garden has been pumping out the greens for the last several weeks. Our CSA also started a couple weeks ago, which we were very excited about since this is our first time participating. The main thing from the CSA so far is also greens. Yes, there have been a few radishes, kohlrabi, herbs, and some garlic scapes thrown in but the bulk of what is available right now is greens. They are beautiful and abundant.
(Above: green onion, kale, and spinach from garden, tatsoi from CSA)
I don’t really mind since I tend to love salad and greens. However, at some point you run out of things to do with them and start wanting something else to cook.
This week I’m home alone because Madame and the assistants went to visit her family. In the original plan I was also going to go but then I went and got a job and it didn’t seem appropriate to ask for a week off two weeks after starting. As it’s a bit lonely I have given myself a few things to work on for the week.
One thing I decided to work on was the greens! I decided to eat greens with every meal for a week. I’m calling it Week of Greens.If you’re in a CSA you should try it too, what else are you going to do with a all those greens? Maybe, if all goes well, it will turn into summer of greens! Or I just might hit the wall and declare an early end to the week. We’ll see…. Hopefully I’m alive and well when my family returns.
Here’s how the week began, with a breakfast of greens with one egg and no ham. I wanted to include ham and call it “Greens, egg, and ham” but didn’t have ham. Anyways, it was a delicious breakfast. Instead of ham I added a few thin slices of potatoes fried in a bit of ghee. I topped the dish with some Ontario greenhouse tomatoes and had a nice side of local strawberries that Madame and the assistants picked last week.
