Tuesday at the Food Coop

Today was farmer's choice. So basically I make something that's fresh in season, and I scored big going to my parent's house this weekend. They loaded me up with some of the first persimmons of the season. Using that as my key ingredient I wanted to create something for the food coop. I came up with a warm persimmon and kale salad with mock hazelnut (toasted garbanzo beans) tossed in a bit of sherry vinegar, prepared mustard, hazelnut oil, red serranos (which I grew and came out sweet rather than hot), and julienned red onion.

It came out really pretty... I would have added feta to it but I like to keep my dishes vegan at the Co-op.

As always, if you'd like the recipe let me know.

Pumpkin ale tasting

Pizza

Marinated artichokes, Spicy peppers, white anchovies, lemon zest, olive oil, sea salt on whole wheat crust

Pumpkin goat cheese stuffed hot pepper

A friend at work gave me these hot peppers from his CSA box. I'm not sure what type they are but they looked big enough to be stuffed so I took a cup of pumpkin mixed it with a splash of milk, half log of goat cheese, and a teaspoon of sage and stuffed the deseeded peppers and baked for 30 minutes at 400F. The pumpkin got overshadowed by the goat cheese but it was very nice.

Breakfast

So a Rosemary blood orange marmalade isn't one of those things I'd buy if i saw it but I sure did make it! I was going for regular blood orange marmalade but it tasted bitter from all the pith so I had added Rosemary to try and soothe the flavors. I figured I'd make a sauce with it to serve with pork chops or add it to my cranberry sauce this thanksgiving.

But the weather's gotten a little chilly in San Diego and I was craving something a little different from the fruity summer spreads I've been eating. I went through my box of random jams and preserves I'd made and collected this year and pulled out this particular jar.

It was a good choice. The Rosemary added a piney flavor and with the chilly air I could feel fall melting through me.

Blog app

Blog app is going to save my blog. Between work, cooking, and cleaning it's hard to keep up with blogging but I have been taking pics the whole time so I'm going to try to add pics at least as I cook and if you see something good you like let me know I'll write about it

Pumpkin

So I've had this pumpkin sitting on my counter for months and I decided to finally cut it open. It smells fine and looks great but it was crazy to see some of the seeds started germinating inside it.

What shall I make with it?