A hungry farmers’ menu
Breakfast for lunch, clockwise:
Two Wild Edge eggs cooked over easy (Look how colorful those healthy yolks are!)
Wild Edge ground pork, seasoned and formed into patties
Satina Gold potatoes from Serendipity Farm, purchased at the PA Farmers’ Market
Olive/rosemary sourdough bread from Shanivna, a new artisan cottage bakery featuring deliciously light sourdough breads
One of the perks of farming is the food! 🙂 Half the time in our kitchen we just throw together things that we have around and it turns out great – because it’s fresh food, and fresh food tastes good. We like to eat well, and we have kids who like to cook, and to try new things. As we sit down to another abundant feast at the table Jim or I will often comment, “If only we could share this meal with …. ,” and Jim usually mentions at this point that we should start a restaurant – which is the last thing we have time or money for. But we ache for more of our neighbors to be able to savor all this food that’s grown and raised and baked and cooked locally. So many folks in our community put time and heart and money every day into making fresh, sustainable, local food available. Let’s eat it!
I want to make a quick shout-out to one of our long term customers who just launched Shanivna Bakery. You will love the array of sourdough items he makes with freshly milled organic flour. To try some, place an order online by noon Friday, then swing by to pick up your order between 12 and 1 PM Saturday afternoons at the northwest corner of Chase and 8th Street. The timing is just right to pick up your sourdough bread or a chocolate chip cookie while you’re out getting your eggs, meat and produce from Wild Edge.
Our hens are loving these spring days, and are in full egg laying production. The brassicas are in full mode for spring as well, sending up their tender green rabini shoots. Here are some recipes for a quiche or soufflé for dinner this week – a great way to combine rabini and eggs.
We’re down to the last of the squashes and our second tier sweet potatoes – a great addition to a bowl of lentils (peel and chop and throw them in to cook with the legumes). We’re entering the last few weeks before spring harvests come anew, and these are also the barest weeks, so creativity is the name of the game as we try to use up the last bits of our winter stores.
The Online Farm Stand for Saturday’s deliveries is now open for your orders through Thursday at midnight.
Delivery sites for Saturday, March 28:
11 – 11:30 — corner of W 10th and Milwaukee Ave.
12 – 1 PM — Port Angeles library parking lot, southwest corner
1:30 – 2:00 — Lincoln Center parking lot off 9th and B
See you Saturday!