Day 079 LocalrootZ Project (March 20, 2010)

Breakfast

Swallowtail Plain Yogurt

w/ Honey

I started the morning up early as usual...with a hunger in my stomach and hours till Cassi would rise for our traditional walk to the farmers market and after we would eat brunch.  I scooped a cup of Swallowtails plain and creamy yogurt and then folded in a tbs of honey.  This combination never gets old... I mean as you see I eat it almost everyday.  You begin tasting the nuances of one farm from teh next... when the animals are pastured heavier and clover is sprouting in the pasture  the flavor changes.  So far I think my top three yogurts would be Swallowtail Farm, Townhouse Farms Ewegurt and Smiths Farm.  The cream on the top rich jersey cow flavor gets me everytime !

Anyhow like clockwork Cassi rolled out of bed and off we went to the Winter Farmers Market...
this is what we snagged this week !

Swallowtail Farm
1/2 # Butter
Loaf of Spelt Bread
(spelt grown at Webb Farm)

Goransen's Farm
Red & Yellow Onions
QT Maple Syrup

Buckwheat Farm
Bunch of Leeks
Dozen Pastured Eggs

Fishbowl Farm
Winter Spinach

Port Clyde Fisherman's Co-Op
Lobster Tails
1# Maine Shrimp

with a bag full of great food and a beautiful day we were off on foot, back to our west end hideaway.  Upon returning we assessed our stock of food and Cassi suggested something with the lobster tails and hollandaise sauce for brunch... OK that was easy to talk me into ! I was off into the kitchen....

Brunch
Wild Mushroom & Lobster Tail
Eggs Benedict

over Swallowtail Spelt

here's what the ingredients looked like at the start....

 here's those ingredients put together....

 

 

After brunch we spent sometime picking up the rooftop garden and seeding a couple little boxes of spinach and arugula.... 

 

 

 

and then I got some of the pellets and soaked em in water in preparation for some germination...

Transportation Today

Errands : 7 miles walking

Day 072 LocalrootZ Project (March 13, 2010)

It's Saturday and that means week 4 of the Portland Winter Farmers Market... a nice crowd but it looks like things are settling down a bit compared to the prior weeks.  I have been very impressed with the reliable farmers as well as the products that we have come to expect every week, thank you very much!

Here is what we picked up this week... have quite the cache in our fridge and cupboards so I spent our money accordingly... snatching up some easy stored items to save money down the road !

Here's our selections....

Buckwheat Blossom

Bunch of Leeks

Dozen Pastured Eggs

Swallowtail Farm

Qt of Plain Yogurt

Wedge of Honey Havarti Cheese

Lalibella Farm

2 Tempeh Packages

Tom's Honey

6# Honey Jar

Jar of Whipped Honey

Hahn's End

2 Cheese Wedges

(Ole Shiretown / Carraway Buttercup)

Thirty Acre Farm

Jar of Saukraut

Caldwell Farm

1# Butter

Olivia's Garden

Bag of Arugula

After returning from the market it was off to work in the kitchen....

Breakfast / Lunch

 Sunnyside Up Eggs 

Over Parsnip, Yukon Golds, Garlic & Leeks

Drizzled with Hollandaise sauce

with glass of apple cider

After such a rich and filling breakfast I roasted of a french winter squash I had purchased the prior week at the farmers market... with the flesh cooked tender i scraped it into the food processor and began to puree it with some honey...

and with the knowledge that we had that old whole wheat pie crust in the freezer from November I decided a squash pie would do just fine... Add puree to with two beaten eggs a pinch of salt and a little more whipped honey... pour into crust !

toss it into the oven on 400˚ for 30-40 minutes...

Mmmmmm....

Dessert

Winter Squash Pie

w/ Honey Ice Cream