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Swiss Chard and Pasta Gratin

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Swiss Chard and Pasta Gratin
 
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Mac cheese adapted to use Swiss chard.
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Recipe Type: Main
Cuisine: kid pleaser
Serves: 2-3
Get this!
  • 1 cup raw pasta shells (any type)
  • 1 bunch swiss chard (sub some kale/beet greens)
  • olive oil (for frying)
  • 1 sm onion, finely chopped
  • ¼ tsp dried basil
  • handful good melting cheese
  • bechamel sauce (white sauce)*
Do this!
  1. Cook pasta in large pan of salted water until al dente
  2. wash chard well, shake and slice finely
  3. heat 1TBSP oil in frying pan, add onion, basil and saute 5 min
  4. add chard in batches until wilted and reduced in volume (if you have a wok you can do the lot at once)
  5. put cooked chard in bowl and set aside
  6. preheat oven to 350F, lightly grease medium-sized shallow gratin dish
  7. add pasta to chard, mix well
  8. season well, transfer to dish, add bechamel sauce, sprinkle with cheese and bake until warmed through and cheese has melted
  9. Hint: add oil as needed while cooking down chard
  10. Option:
  11. add breadcrumbs on top and broil--watching carefully--for a nice toasted topping
  12. *for white sauce (also great if you just add melted cheese to it and pour over veggies):
  13. melt 2TBSP butter in heavy saucepan on low heat
  14. remove from heat and add 2TBSP unbleached/spelt flour with a wooden spoon to form paste
  15. slowly add 2 cups whole milk, beating with whisk to remove lumps
  16. whisk to boil, turn off heat (don't scald milk)

 

Herbed Roasted New potatoes (Simply in Season)

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Herbed Roasted New Potatoes
 
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New potatoes hit the oven, then your tastebuds, with flavour to spare
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Recipe Type: side
Cuisine: Traditional
Serves: 5-6
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  • Get this:
  • 1 shallot / green onion
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 bay leaf, crumbled
  • ½ TBSP fresh tarragon, chopped
  • ½ TBSP fresh sage, chopped
  • ½ TBSP fresh oregano, chopped
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp pepper
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 8-10 new potatoes (red, white or mixed)
Do this!
  1. Do this!
  2. Turn oven on at 375F
  3. Follow instructions in ingredients list
  4. Add oil, blend
  5. Transfer ⅓C to large bowl
  6. Toss potatoes in bowl
  7. Transfer to tray, roast until golden brown
  8. (turn once or twice for easy browning)
  9. Drizzle with remaining mixture, serve

life at the Mmm Centre of Kingston

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Greg Burliuk found us at the Memorial Centre Farmers’ Market, where The Farmers You Meet Grow the Food You Eat! In his article he recognized the market as the Mmm Centre of Kingston because of the many great tastes available. We love being there every week because we get to bring our produce to a market where 100% of the vendors are 100% producers from well within a 100km radius, who grow, make and bake what they sell. The diversity is a thrill. While getting your bike repaired at Yellow Bike you can stock up on soap and beeswax candles, grab some funky clothing or furniture. Then there’s all the seedlings, sauces and surprise items too. Plus saying hi to your neighbours, meeting new folks, hitting the pool and splashpad, walking the dog and stopping to smell the flowers at the Pollinator Garden. And we haven’t even gotten to the food: fresh harvested produce, ready to eat hot food and baked goods. Why am I typing? Read Greg’s article (thanks Greg).Mmm centre _ORIGINAL

Roast Radish

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Roast Radish
 
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Thyme and oil collaborate for a whole new taste on radish.
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Recipe Type: Side
Cuisine: Canadian
Serves: 4-6
Get this!
  • 2 cups radish
  • tsp dried thyme (more if you love it)
  • oil for the baking tray
  • salt
  • ½ cup onion (more if you love it)
Do this!
  1. turn oven on at 350c
  2. oil baking tray or glass/ceramic dish
  3. wash, top and cube radish
  4. chop onion, add
  5. sprinkle salt and thyme on top
  6. roast for 25-35 minutes, stirring at 15&25 minute mark

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Tired cilantro

Farmers' Market, Fresh Produce, Recipes

Came home from market a little tired. After a day in the sun I thought the cilantro would be too, but it was doing better than me. Thai food seemed the obvious solution. So I set out to make a Massaman muddle. Combining fresh ingredients with the new crop from our freezer, I dry roasted nuts and spices, chucked in stock, coconut and beef. Added last years’

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corn as a variant. Rice steaming. Time to sit while curry simmers to flavour Mensen’s potatoes with tamarind paste, kaffir lime leaves. Top with cilantro. Done! Now we are both better. Cilantro in a dish and the dish in me.

shiitake plug popping

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Cooperative tasks are rewarding. A crew of home-educated children got some teamwork experience, and the reward of fresh mushrooms, when they helped out with shiitake production last week.
Our urban log lot uniquely located centre-ville in Kingston Ontario is getting a boost this year – a run of new logs. Each log plugged is an accomplishment, and an opportunity to learn cooperation, accuracy, communication and time-management.
And, at the end of the day, when the mushrooms appear, what a tasty, meaty, shiitake treat. Salads, sautees, omelettes, sauces, burgers, stock, soup and yum!
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windless winnowing

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there wasn’t enough wind to winnow, so we created cross-breeze with a fan and prepped sunflowers for seeding. off went the chaff, in went the seed. can’t wait to be eating the stuff we’re seeding! sunflowers beautiful beyond belief will wave in many a breeze unfabricated. these old-world practices such as scything, plowing, seeding and winnowing are not that old after all. they are brand spanking new every time we utilize them, ushering in the new world order of food and rest for you and me.

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Spelt Sprout Salad

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Spelt Sprout Salad
 
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Soaked spelt groats give nutty flavour to this fresh crunchy salad. (start recipe day before you want to eat)
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Recipe Type: Side
Cuisine: Asian-Fusion
Serves: 4-8
Get this!
  • 2C spelt groats
  • ⅛C crunchy bean sprouts
  • 1C red cabbage
  • 1 apple (sharp flavour)
  • tsp salt
  • tbsp lemon juice
  • tsp soy sauce
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
  • pinch sugar/pepper
Do this!
  1. keep sprouts in fridge until ready to make salad
  2. soak spelt groats in 5C water 3-6hrs (overnight is ideal)
  3. get a mixing bowl / storage container and add groats
  4. cut cabbage slaw-style (1-2" thin slices), add to bowl
  5. mix seasonings (using more or less based on your taste/diet), add
  6. cube apple in mini-cubes, add
  7. sprouts, add
  8. mix together well
  9. adjust dressing to taste (add additional lemon juice, pepper, then salt, then oil/sauce)

 

Main Street Market Thurs 121

2013 croplist

CSA, Fresh Produce

Arugula, Asian Greens, Basil (Genovese, Thai), Beets (4 varieties +1), Organic Slicing Beans, French Filet Green Beans & Yellow Beans (2 varieties/ea), Purple Beans (3 varieties), Cabbage (red & green), Carrots,  Celery, Cilantro, Cucumber, Dill, Eggplant, Fennel, Garlic, Green Onions, Ground Cherries, Hot Peppers, Kale, Kohlrabi, Lettuce (several varieties), Mesclun Mix, Mint, Onions (red & yellow), Oregano, Parsley, Rosemary, Sage, Melons (2 varieties), Peppers (sweet & hot), Potatoes (several varieties), Pumpkin, Radishes, Rhubarb, Sage, Shiitake, Spinach, Sprouts (several types), Summer Squash, Sunchokes (red & white), Swiss Chard (several colours), Tarragon, Thyme, Cherry Tomatoes, Heritage Tomatoes, Roma Tomatoes, Turnip, Winter Squash (several varieties) and Zucchini. And more…

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