Last year I made a classic (sort of) Italian dish of thin veal scallops wrapped around asparagus called Involtini.
Since I can never leave something alone I decided to make it again, but this time I wanted thin turkey scallops.
And, of course, green garlic because, well, green garlic!
Most importantly….. Yay France!
I had a little mascarpone cheese left after making the Rice & Asparagus Gratin the other day. It wasn’t enough for another gratin but it was just right for a pair of mini pizzas.
Plus it allowed me to use the last of a jar of Italian artichoke hearts I had used in a salad earlier.
Think of it as … Continue reading.....
I first had green garlic in the small mountain village of Huesca, above Somontano wine country in Spain. You can read the full account of our fabulous lunch in Huesca here. That was almost 10 years ago.
A few years later I saw it, for the first time, for sale here. I bought it all…. one bunch. It normally comes … Continue reading.....
My mother grew up on a farm.
Vegetables in summer were whatever was picked in the garden. Vegetables in winter were whatever had been ‘put-up’ during the summer or was in the root cellar.
When I was young we lived in town. My mother had a flower garden and vegetables were bought at the supermarket. We had a mixture of … Continue reading.....
Spring is green.
Artichokes, asparagus, snow peas, spinach, green garlic, fresh herbs….. All green.
We love green.
I once worked with a woman who would not eat anything green…. I felt so sorry for her.
For those of you who don’t know (and I feel sorry for you, too) green garlic is immature garlic, picked before the cloves form. It … Continue reading.....
As the season comes to a close I am ‘allowed’ (ha) to get more creative with our asparagus.
Actually, it means that mon mari will join me in whatever I’m eating rather than sticking to his favorite finish of butter, salt and pepper. I’m perfectly happy to divide the asparagus, toss his in a skillet with a bit off water, … Continue reading.....
Did I mention that mon mari bought a new gas grill?
It was time……
Our old one needed new lava rocks last year.
Gas grills no longer use lava rocks – or at least they don’t here.
So we ordered lava rocks from Amazon.de (Germany) (the only Amazon that had them).
They turned everything black.
The food didn’t taste any … Continue reading.....
Last year I finally learned how to cook white asparagus.
I followed Julia Child’s instructions, to boil it in lots of water, and it worked. We finally had good white asparagus.
But it was the end of the season and I didn’t buy it again.
This year, I apparently forgot what I had learned and reverted back to avoiding … Continue reading.....
