farm and dinner

The tyranny of vegetables has started at the farm, so much so that I didn't take everything we were offered yesterday. I did take extra cauliflower, though (there was some on the "free table"). It's sooo tasty. The clusters are looser than what we get in the store, and the flavor is subtle and delicious. Oh gosh, we got peas, lettuce, chard, bok choy, kale, cabbage, squash, herbs, and I'm sure I'm leaving something out. Garlic scapes and strawberries appear to be done already.

Last night, it was terribly hot so we had a giant salad again, including some store-bought veggies. We threw in peas, lettuce, cabbage, feta cheese, brown rice that I'd tossed with toasted sesame oil, radishes, mushrooms, and some chopped herbs. I also steamed a little cauliflower, cooled it down, and added it to the salad. Oh, it was tasty. Yum.

If it's hot again tonight, we'll have more salad. However, I'm dying to roast the cauliflower. I bet it would be good covered with oil and cumin seeds before roasting. We also have a mess of greens to eat up. I'm hankering for my tahini-umeboshi plum sauce again.

I find that most years, the summer zooms by. With the farm, at least I notice that the summer is happening, from tender green of the spring to deep yellows and oranges of the fall.