big writing gap, still eating

It's been a while since I've recorded a dinner, but we've been just as creative in the kitchen as ever. Occasionally I have a hard day at work or my energy flags and Mr. P takes over for an evening.

This spring, we've enjoyed a lot of non-local asparagus. I've gotten hung up on a variation of a salad we ate a lot of in Greece -- red pepper, cucumber (peeled and seeded), tomatoes, feta cheese, occasionally some avocado, tossed with oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, and dried herbs. And Mr. P bought more shredded coconut, not realizing we already had a quart jar of it in the freezer. So we've been making lots of thoren (green vegetables and coconut curry).

Last night, it occurred to me that we had asparagus, mushrooms, avocados (which turned out not to be very flavorful). So I made the obvious thing -- fresh rolls with asparagus, avocado, cooked carrots, and cooked noodles. The sauce was minced garlic, ginger, and fresh mint marinated in oil, vinegar, and soy.

This was a good main dish; partly through my prep, someone called and said he needed to come over right away to look at something in our attic, to prepare for some work we're having done on the roof, possibly today. It was easy to just set things aside and resume after our visitor left.

For a side dish, we had mushrooms and a little leftover asparagus sauteed in butter and olive oil and seasoned with mild chili pepper, all served over rice.

Farm news: we've already done our first stints of two on the farm. Last weekend, I planted leeks -- thousands of them -- and weeded the blueberry patch. Soon, we'll be getting our weekly delivery of veggies. Yippee!