Cheese 'n Pickles » dinner

Friday night’s dinner o’ cheese (and meat for some)

Mike — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:52:24 +0000

Sunday Night Dinner

Mike — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:00:58 +0000

It’s always uniquely satisfying to construct the majority of a meal from items you have grown yourself. This is what we did on Sunday night. I made some fresh orecchiette to pair with a sauce made primarily from eggplant. Heather suggested mixing in some hot peppers, mint (I used apple mint) and ricotta salata cheese. It came together pretty quickly and we enjoyed it out in the yard.

After the jump, a picture of the fresh orecchiette before cooking and an anecdote about the hot pepper.

We used the first couple of ‘Lemon Drop’ hot peppers that this season has yielded. They are a very pretty yellow chili pepper from Peru. I had an impossible time starting this plant (from seed), but I just kept popping more seeds into pots. About a month and a half ago the humble little plants turned a corner and really started to grow. Now I have several dozen peppers ripening. That’s certainly more than I can handle, esp. since these are pretty damn hot. Anyone want some hot peppers?

What we ate tonight (which would include ‘Baby O’)

Mike — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:31:30 +0000

A salad of farro, feta, chick peas, and tomatoes & cucumbers from the garden.

Heather’s recent kitchen work

Mike — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:20:14 +0000

What do you do when your garden has a 10 ft. cucumber plant that turns out 1 lb. fruits daily? You make pickles.

And tonight Heather made some lentil/chickpea patties served with a peanut sauce in a pita, with a cucumber and grape tomoto salad on the side. Quite tasty.