So here's a 100-foot lunch that I concocted out of what I found around the garden today:
- Yukon Gold potatoes which had overwintered in the potato patch, sauteed in Tillamook butter (local product) and seasoned with fresh rosemary, sage, and chives.
- A salad of wild greens (Siberian miner's lettuce, violet leaves) and English violet blossoms, dressed with a homemade balsamic vinaigrette.
- Herbal tea -- a mixture of dried lemon balm, dried rose petals, and dried spearmint gathered when each was in season. Sweetened with a little honey I have left from when my parents kept a beehive.
4 comments:
It sounds really healthy, but I'm might be hungry in an hour. :-)~~Dee
Wow, not often that I run into a local Salem blog :) Nice to know I'm not the ony one in Salem thinking eat local.
I too am very much enjoying the miner's lettuce lately. My husband who was adimantly against eating weeds actually likes miners lettuce! Neither he nor I have devolped a liking for dandelion though... perhaps I'll try it again w/a different prep.
PS I'm curious... Willamette, CCC, or Corban? My guess is Willamette.
Crystal
Close! Graduated from Willamette -- twice (B.S. and MAT) -- and teach at WOU, just 30 minutes away.
I almost added WOU to the list. I'm enjoying your posts.
Crystal
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