Farm to Mouth
My happy place in Daly City: The Farmers Market.
I find beautiful produce like these cherry tomatoes. I buy what I need.
Lately, some of the vendors remember me.
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Farmers Market
It’s my new weekly habit.
Daly City’s Farmers Market takes over the parking lot at Serramonte, every Thursday.
It’s a big market with plenty of options for fresh produce, cheese and meat. Drake’s Bay Oyster Farm also has a booth here.
Bread Journal: Thyme and Rosemary Loaf
I baked bread on my last two weekends.
It’s been a while.
My last attempt was tasty. My hubby liked it with homemade pesto. He also dipped slices into a bowl of olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
I think this loaf made up for my first attempt and one stupid mistake.
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Under the Sea
Lent is over. I had my meat/alcohol feast on Easter Sunday.
Oddly enough, I don’t have any meat cravings after Lent. That may change. For now, I’m cooking up what my belly is craving.
I made a zucchini omelette. I added David Rocco’s Insalata di Fagioli e Tonno (tuna bean salad). I liked the crunchy texture from the celery pieces.
I had some culinary inspiration from Rachel Ray’s “Week in a Day.”
It took me a couple hours because off all the vegetable cutting and the other food prep. However, I enjoyed this easy recipe for Fancy Fisherman Stew. I also added smoked clams to the broth.
Yummy!
Eating Green
I gave up red meat and chicken for Lent. My meals revolved around vegetables, tofu and seafood.
The Bay Area makes it easy. I thought it was exciting to explore vegetarian and vegan menus in San Francisco and beyond.
At the new Devil’s Slide Trail, we enjoyed a lovely walk and picnic with portobello mushroom sandwiches from Dinosaurs in Pacifica. I adore the vegan mayo on that crusty bread.
I also found plenty of vegetarian recipes to test in our kitchen.
- Vegetable Quiche (Inspired by the South Beach Diet recipe. However, I wanted to use leftover eggs in the fridge)
- Vegetarian Chili (Hubby loved it when I added seitan)
- Leftover Thai Asparagus Soup with hard-boiled egg (Leftover Marnee Thai food and having fun with egg molds from Suzanne’s Vietnam/Japan adventure!)
- Seitan Salpicao (I modified Bianca’s beef recipe and added seitan. It worked, but I missed the smoky tones from caramelized beef)
- Brown Rice with Tofu, Dried Mushrooms and Spinach (Thanks Martha Stewart!)
- Zesty Avocado Dressing Over Green Salad (reminded me of that creamy Ranch dressing texture!)