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One Local Summer 2012 – Week 10

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Yup. Ten weeks already! Our garden is finally giving us a whole bunch of zucchini, so I made the best of a pretty insane situation. The zucchini in question is the 8 ball zucchini which grows in a round, softball shape/size instead of the typical elongated shape of a normal zucchini. They’re much more seedy than regular zucchini, but once hollowed out, they’re perfect to stuff with all sorts of good things, which is what I did here.  I know I did this in prior years, but it’s just so easy (and delicious).  The zucchini is stuffed with chorizo, pepper, tomato, onion, garlic scapes, and topped off with a few slices of goat mozzarella.  I had leftover potatoes from last week, so I put those in tin foil on the grill and used them on the side.  Not bad!  And, there were two whole zucchini, so I’ve got a TON of leftovers.  Also, I have a TON more zucchini, if you’ve got any recipes to recommend!

Stuffed Zucchini:
Zucchini – My Garden
Chorizo – Countrytime Farm
Potatoes –  Brogue Hydroponics
Peppers – Brogue Hydroponics
Tomatoes – Brogue Hydroponics
Garlic Scapes – Jack’s Farm
Goat Mozzarella – Yellow Springs Farm
Non Local – Salt, Pepper, Olive Oil

One Local Summer 2012 – Week 3

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Another salad, I know, but the greens, they call to me! Also, we still don’t have much else available in terms of vegetables. At least this one is a little more creative?  I added a whole bunch of toppings to this one including some amazing bison chorizo.  Our local bison farmer (rancher?) is super nice, and I enjoy cooking with bison over beef any day of the week.  I’ll admit that my diet is skewed about 80% towards vegetables with about 20% meat in there, so while I’m not all vegetarian, I certainly appreciate vegetables in my dish.  So, this salad is a mix of three types of greens (romaine, mesclun, beet greens), roasted beets, chevre, grilled turnips, and that yummy chorizo.  I decided to pour myself a glass of homebrewed hard cider since it’s been a little warm this week, and since I cooked everything out on the grill and the evening was starting to cool off.. well it felt right.  The beets were put in an aluminum foil package with some olive oil on the grill first.  Then the turnips with some olive oil and salt in a slotted grill pan, and then finally the chorizo.  The rest is fresh, so it was easy to put together.

Chorizo Salad:
Romaine – Charlestown Farm
Mesclun – My Garden
Turnips – Jack’s Farm
Chevre – Shellbark Hollow
Beets & Greens – Charlestown Farm
Bison Chorizo – Backyard Bison
Non Local – dressing, olive oil, salt

One Local Summer 2011 – Week 10

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We tried out a new type of zucchini this year called the 8 ball squash that grows into a ball shape instead of the normal long and narrow zucchini shape.  They just happen to be absolutely perfect for hollowing out and stuffing with all sorts of vegetables and sausage.  The polenta was an afterthough, but it fit well with the spicy chorizo.  This was a big hit, and I’m so glad we have leftovers!

Stuffed Zucchini with Polenta:
Zucchini – My Garden
Chorizo – Countrytime Farm
Corn – Hoagland Farm
Onion – Hoagland Farm
Cornmeal – Mill at Anselma
Non Local – Butter, olive oil, salt, pepper