Monday, February 29, 2016

Harvest Monday 2/29/16

I have just a few harvests this week, mostly greens: spinach and lettuce.  The broccoli decided to put out a few more side shoots.  I also pulled a few more carrots.  I had plans for a salad, but ate all the carrots before they made it to the salad bowl.

I tried to take more pictures of preserved garden veggies that I ate this week.  This is a typical lunch sandwich with sweet potato hummus, lettuce from the garden, roasted red peppers and dried tomatoes out of the freezer.  That is also my homemade whole wheat bread.  I think it is the most delicious 100% whole wheat bread recipe that I've tried.
One night this week we had quesadillas with lots of frozen garden veggies: corn, green peppers, banana peppers and tomatoes.  The onions were store bought- it seems I can never grow enough onions.


These are my typical breakfasts: some kind of greens with egg.  The first one is Swiss chard and carrots.  The second one is spinach with roasted tomato sauce.  That sauce tastes so much of summer- perfect for brightening a February breakfast.




Weekly harvests:
Carrots: 6.3 oz
Broccoli: 1.3 oz
Spinach: 4.4 oz
Lettuce: 2 oz

2016 Harvests: 25.7 lbs

That's all the harvests coming from my garden this week.  To see what others are harvesting check out Harvest Monday at Our Happy Acres.

11 comments:

  1. Yum, yum and yum! I never think of adding greens to my breakfasts - they look delicious! That sandwich looks amazing too - that's a great idea making hummus from sweet potatoes. Now if I could only grow more than one meals worth!

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    1. I imagine it is hard to grow sweet potatoes so far north. They seem to take a very long time to mature. I plant mine in May and don't harvest until October.

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    2. Margaret, the short or early season sweet potatoes should do very well in your area.

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    3. I'm not giving up - giving it another go this year!

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  2. Sweet potato hummus? That sounds yummy! Do you have a favorite recipe you make? I'm with you on the KA 100% whole wheat bread. It is my favorite for 100% WW too. I love greens with eggs too, and they almost always wind up in an omelet or frittata. Your meals are making me hungry, even after I've eaten dinner!

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    1. This is the recipe I use for the hummus: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/229920/sweet-potato-hummus/ I'll make a big batch and then freeze it into smaller portions with either ice cube trays or silicon muffin cups.

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  3. Wish you could cook for me! That bread looks delicious too. I make it but use some white flour. Envious of your nice harvest! Nancy

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    1. Haha... I'm actually not a huge fan of cooking. I would rather be in the garden doing anything than in the kitchen cooking!

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  4. Your growing season is so much longer than ours. I too have lots of greens with my breakfast, hope you will post your sweet potato hummus recipe.

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    1. Here's the hummus recipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/229920/sweet-potato-hummus/
      I think the trade off with the long growing season here is so many bugs and such a diversity of pests. Plus they have time to have multiple generations each season, so it's a constant battle.

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  5. That looks incredibly good Julie!

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