Hen-pecked

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Two Dark Days challenge meals in one week?  I guess I’m off to a good start and feeling motivated.  Of course, now that my dragonboat season is over, I find myself with a bit of extra time!  What better way to spend it than cooking?

Last night’s dinner was local Cornish hen stuffed with the dregs of the garlic from my garden, along with mashed potatoes (local potatoes, milk, and butter) and carrots glazed in balsamic vinegar and butter (local carrots, butter, and chives from my garden).  The only things not local: pepper and grey sea salt with lavender (used to season the chicken), sugar and balsamic vinegar.in the carrots.

The carrots, coincidentally, were the star of the meal.  I’ve been sort of hoarding the last batch of multi-color carrots I received from my final CSA share, and used them last night.  My husband was a little weirded out by the purple and white carrots…until he tried them.  Corporate farmed, grocery store carrots taste like carrots….until you try carrots that have been grown organically by a small farmer.  They just taste…I don’t know, carrot-ier.