Midwest: One Local Summer Week 1

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

It’s week one of One Local Summer and the Midwest is celebrating with lots of greens, strawberries, artisan cheeses and local beef, and everyone’s looking forward to the coming weeks when fresh local vegetables and fruit are plentiful.  Farmers markets will be opening soon if they haven’t already and CSAs are starting their late spring /early summer deliveries.

Colorado

Jenny of Nourished Kitchen started One Local Summer off with a simple fresh lettuce salad, seared grass-finished steak with cilantro butter and quinoa prepared in bone broth.  She topped off her meal with fresh raw cinnamon honey ice cream and apricot sauce preserved from last summer.  View her full post: Seared Steak with Cilantro Butter.

Iowa

Frederique of Peaceable Imperatrix served a beautiful mixed vegetable salad of cucumbers and tiny peppers from a nearby farmer’s greenhouse topped with a local feta and served alongside pupusas.  View her full post: One Local Summer 2009: Week 1

Karen of Toteleeding served local chicken accompanied by Asparagi alla Parmagiana with fresh, ripe strawberries for dessert.  View her full post: One Local Summer Week 1.

Cate, like a many of the Midwestern participants, spent time using up her pantry stores from last summer in effort to clear it out before the summer harvest really starts going.  She enjoyed several meals including BLTs, a delicious local tomato sauce served with a local garden salad and asparagus and her farmers market is brimming with kohlrabi, sugar snap peas and strawberries.

Indiana

Destabee of Kaleidescope Living served a crustless quiche full of delicious mushrooms, kale, goat cheese and asparagus accompanied by fresh strawberries and sliced radishes. You can view her full post: One Local Summer Week 1

Minnesota

Molly of A Glossary of Field Work suffered from a wicked flu that left her and her family struggling to manage even the smallest portions of food, but she did leave us with beautiful thoughts on handpicked strawberries and a flowering raspberry bush.  You can view her full entry:   One Local Summer Week One

Sarah of Cloth Paper String served up a remarkable meal of local steak accompanied by wild rice, greens and beets.  For her meal she incorporated both the old and the new: using up pickled beets preserved from last autumn’s harvest.  They washed their meal down with homemade rye porter.  You can view her full post: One Local Summer Week One

Ohio

Maybelle’s Mommy of Feeding Maybelle used local beans, potatoes and eggs to dish up a beautiful, simple and nourishing meal.  She’s fortunate because in Cleveland, there’s a vibrant local foods community with many resources for meat, eggs, fruits and vegetables. You can view here full post: Pimenton Potatoes & Spicy Kidney Beans.

Becke of Columbus Foodie served a lovely composed salad from local mixed greens, strawberries and feta cheese from regional farmers markets.  You can view her post here: OLS Week 1: Strawberry Mixed Green Salad.