This week we received golden zucchini, lettuce, broccoli, amaranth, snap peas and green beans.
I think I figured something out this week. These veggies are very fresh and it really makes a difference to cook them right away.
I steamed the green beans that evening. They were so sweet I had to check to see if they were a special kind. No, just farm fresh green beans.
I also grilled the yellow zucchini that evening with a little olive oil and salt and pepper. Delicious. Tasted like a mix between squash and zucchini.
Brocolli was steamed and fed to all the kids next to mac and cheese. Again, it was so fresh it didn’t need anything extra.
Lettuce was used in a greek salad – tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, olives, feta, dried oregano dressed in lemon and olive oil. I grilled chicken marinated in garlic, lemon, olive oil, oregano, a dash of sugar, salt and pepper and paired it with the salad. Finally, we toasted pita and spread hummus on top for a meal.
Snaps peas were sautéed with garlic and olive oil until soft.
I really wanted to work with the amaranth, it looked so interesting and I wanted to try something new. I saw it in some Indian dishes. Unfortunately it did not end well for the poor leafy purple. It ended up wilted before I could cook it.
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We headed out early and hit 
We got a tip from some people in the park on a new Dim Sum place and decided to try a new adventure.
The cake didn’t explode, but I think it will make your gut explode later. It was a triple layer cake, stuck together with icing, then covered in chocolate icing, then topped with orange, red, and green icing, and red jelly. Then we iced dinosaur cookies, dipped them in sprinkles and added them to the cake too. I think if you go to Sweet Mandy B’s and order a cake this size and 2 cookies it would cost more than the fee for the class. Amazing.
These are no ordinary mangos. They are Bombay Mangos. They taste like mango custard. They don’t have strings in them. I am getting hungry just thinking about them, even though I just stuffed my face with volcano cake.
My kitchen smells like heaven. Like a fragrant tropical honey.
Lucky for me her husband was out of town and she had already bought the tickets. So she very kindly offered me his spot.
There were a ton of different drinks and foods to sample. Top restaurants like GT Oyster, Girl and the Goat, the Ritz Carlton, and Wood pitched tents next to wineries from Mendocino and locally distilled Gin.
People also showed up with their own trays to carry samples on. Another good idea, you could put all your little samples on the tray, sit down and try them all together.