Freezing

No, not outside...

I just keep on freezing foods.
Today:
Cauliflower Soup and Broccoli Soup.
Nothing is easier than to have those on the stove simultaneously.:)

I use Leeks for both, Vegetable Broth. The only difference is the seasoning:
for Cauliflower I used Turmeric. For the Broccoli soup, I used thyme. A little salt and pepper at the end, then blenderize them and there we go. Sometimes, I might add potatoes, to thicken the soup as needed.

Bread crumbs

I think I must be losing it...
I can't believe I'm posting about bread crumbs...
For years we used to buy breadcrumbs. Then, one fine day, I discovered that it was very simple to make -
much better fresh than the store-bought kind. I never looked back since.
Now, I have an even better idea:
I should just take the two end pieces of each loaf of bread and either save them for crumbs or process them immediately and freeze them.
Hmmm....

It Makes Sense

Here is a link for a blog.
I can't say that I've been following this blog for a long time or that I may have used the recipes on it.
It's quite possible that I don't agree with everything posted but:
I think the concept of using "real foods", staying away from packaged, processed foods or "non-foods" (as I like to call them), is good idea any day.
It is not a new idea but we all can use a little reminder.

Market Ideas

It's nice to get inspired by all the wonderful fresh food at the market.

This time, it was not the fresh food that did it: I found these lovely Royal Gala Dried Apples there and built a salad around them. The apple slices looked so appetizing with their peel on...  and they taste great.

I used a Romaine lettuce base, added some toasted Pecans, and Walnuts with small pieces of Cheddar cheese. (My choice was goat cheese  but I was voted down:( )  I sprinkled it with Shelled Hemp Seeds and Voila!

10K

Another one - this time at the Zoo.
I forgot that the zoo had hills... a major difference:)

Mushrooms

I came home with some lovely mushrooms yesterday...
The beautiful, delicate Oyster mushrooms were turned into Frittatas - with the assistance of some equally delicate leeks (also from the market).
The other mushrooms were made into Mushroom-Cheese Stratas. I used Gruyere with them and froze some for future use.
I just learned that Shiitake can be frozen, as is... Next time I might just have to get some of those.

Farmer's Market

A nice discovery:
Many of the farmers bringing their produce to the market have their own blogs:

One example. I've enjoyed their heirloom tomatoes, peppers, gorgeous peaches, pears,  and more recently: squash.

Another one has the most amazing breads ( I'm sure, cookies, too) . We really enjoy their Irish Soda Bread.

Fairly new to the market is the gentleman with the nicest dried fruit.

Then there is this farm. I love their colourful cauliflowers, broccoli, beets, corn... and just about everything else.

Then, there is the stand with the most amazing mushrooms (I may have mentioned before) - with no blog but that is OK with organic mushrooms like these:

Veggie and Mushroom Loaf recipe added to my list of Recipes.
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