I haven't posted in a while, but I have taken pictures of food, so here goes.
A couple of weekends ago we went backpacking, but of course I didn't want to miss out on the weekly pilgrimage to the farmer's market. So we went really quickly on Saturday morning before heading out to hike and camp. I picked up many kinds of leafy green things, and STRAWBERRIES!!
Above: (left to right) Asparagus, radishes, mizuna, lacinato kale, spinach, and rainbow swiss chard.
The best part of backpacking is that we saw a banana slug eating a mushroom!
After we got home from backpacking, I tried to make some more Burmese food. I made a chickpea soup with lemongrass and ginger (topped with cilantro), and a bean soup with shallots, and a beef curry with shallots. This was served over rice with mizuna stir fried with a splash of soy sauce and meyer lemon :)
During the week, the asparagus from my farmer's market bounty got grilled, along with some red bell pepper and chicken in a pomegranate molasses marinade. I really like the tart tangy fruity flavor of pomegranate molasses!!
The rainbow swiss chard, I sauteed with raisins and pistachios (because I don't currently have any pine nuts, otherwise it would've been pine nuts!)
The kale I threw into a a black beluga lentil stew, with onions and onions, sweet potatoes, and carrots. This would be a really good stew for a cold winter day, but it's spring now!
Lately I've been trying to eat veggies as part of breakfast too, usually along with an egg over easy on top of mashed up honey nut squash. I prepare spinach pretty simply by stir frying the spinach with a bit of sesame oil and salt. Radishes I like to flash steam with a touch of salt and sugar, and if I'm feeling like putting in more effort, dried shrimps and/or dried scallops!
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