Challenge update - week 2

Monday, September 17, 2007

Week 2 of the September Eat Local Challenge has come and gone - what have we got to show for it?

Jeanne made a lovely pasta salad with Severino pasta made at a family run company in NJ, homemade pesto, local apples, and home-dried tomatoes.  She also spent some time freezing carrots and summer squash.

Anj roasted a bevy of pimento peppers, which she froze.  And she plans roast some bell peppers and put them up in oil (and I hope she’ll share her technique with us - I’ve always wondered how to can things in oil!).  Anj and her partner, Sue, also had a great locally grown dinner of mozzarella, tomato, and basil salad with a mushroom egg omelet.

Sarah celebrated Rosh Hashanah with a Honey cake of local ingredients.  It’s dairy-free, too, and sounds amazing!

I made kimchi last week using Daikon and Swiss chard from the CSA share and garlic from my garden - a little experiment in fermentation!  And there were two locally grown meals to be had - a lunch of roasted beets and goat cheese, and a dinner of grilled lamb and mashed celery root, potato, and garlic.

Did we miss anyone else’s details for last week?  Add yours in the comments!