Tonight's dinner: A curry. I started by soaking the very gritty fresh spinach we have from the farm -- put it in a bowl of water in small batches, let it sit, then moved the clean spinach to a collander. Then I destemmed the leaves and chopped them and eventually steamed them for just a few minutes, until they were relaxed, but not collapsed.
I also chopped and steamed potatoes and farm turnips. And then I made a "tarka" -- spice seeds cooked on high heat until popping nicely and threw chopped onions on top at the last minute. The onions turned beautifully yellow and cooked for a bit. I threw in some leftover chickpeas and a little water, then after a while, the potatoes and turnips. When everything was nice and hot, I added the spinach, cooked for a bit, added some (more) cayenne and chopped ginger and garlic, cooked a little more, and we had dinner -- curry over brown rice. Nice and spicy!
Four meals later, we're nearly at the end of this week's farm bounty. However, there's enough for a nice salad on Saturday afternoon for my mid-day guest, which will at least contain scallion, radish, lettuce, arugula, spinach (the last bit) -- all from the farm -- and perhaps some toasted nuts and maybe a few other goodies. I was thinking also of a small cheese plate with good bread and fruit and possibly cookies for dessert.
I think we're having overnight guests on Saturday, so we'll also need to make a nice breakfast on Sunday, either eggs, or the traditional fruit, granola, yogurt, and maple syrup. There's some whole wheat cinnamon swirl bread in the fridge; that would make a nice accompaniment to either.
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