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05Nov2015_1b_Rembrandts_Lil-Jake-Omelet - CopyIt could be anything! But hopefully, it’s always pretty good. Mostly healthy and always has a local product element. Local. That’s what we try to feature always! Beef, pork, lamb, seafood, greens, fruit, vegetables, eggs, mushrooms, sprouts. You get the idea. And what’s even more fun – sometimes … most times – is preparing the meals. Here are a few photos of some of the dishes we have made recently. If there is a recipe for the item, it may be in the recipe file as listed above or you can look for it by Clicking Here.
We were going to make Greek kabobs and I wanted to find a good Greek herb blend. There is a really good Greek restaurant near us, Mazzah Mediterrean and every time I walk by it, I get this wonderfully awesome aroma of Greek spices. So I found this chart of cultural Spice Blends. We used the Greek Spice and added Sumac and Marjoram. If you are looking for a particular blend, this may help. Save the image and print it out if you need to.

I recently saw an article where folks were planting vegetables and herbs in their front yards, instead of grass! Talk about local and fresh! But we have been doing this for years. Our front lawns, as small as it might be, is our herb garden. Pretty blooms. Great smells and absolutely fresh herbs. Something to think about.

I recently saw an article where folks were planting vegetables and herbs in their front yard, instead of grass! Talk about local and fresh! But we have been doing this for years. Our front lawns, as small as it might be, is our herb garden. Pretty blooms. Great smells and absolutely fresh herbs. Something to think about.

Lamb Kabobs with Greek Spices

Lamb Kabobs with Greek Spices
From the spice chart above. Local lamb and vegetables.

Greek 5-Cheese Filo on Spinach Bed

Greek 5-Cheese Filo on Spinach Bed
Local spinach! No we didn’t make the filo.

Vanila Ice Cream It was super. Local dairy products.

Vanila Ice Cream
It was super. Local dairy products.

Bacon and Cheese Omelet Apricots

Bacon and Cheese Omelet
Apricots
Toasted Basque Bread

Local eggs, bacon and Basque bread.

Creamed Spinach Popovers

Creamed Spinach Popovers
Local spinach and dairy

Braised Scallops on Shredded Napa Cabbage Strawberries

Braised Scallops
on
Shredded Napa Cabbage
Sliced Strawberries and Kiwi

Strawberries are local.

Braised Scallops on Crab Rice Green Salad

Braised Scallops on Crab Rice
Green Salad with Carrot Strings and Micro Greens

Greens and carrots for the salad are all local.

Crab Rice and Shredded Napa Cabbage

Crab Rice and Shredded Napa Cabbage

Sunnyside Up Eggs  on Spinach and 5 Greek  Cheese Filo Sausage Links Apricot Chunks

Sunnyside Up Eggs
on
Spinach and 5 Greek Cheese Filo

Sausage Links
Apricot Chunks

Local eggs, sausage and spinach.

Mushroom Omelet Sausage Pineapple Toasted Basque Bread

Mushroom Omelet
Sausage
Pineapple
Toasted Basque Bread

Everything but the pineapple is local!

Parsley Salad with Shaved Radish and Fresh Miners Lettuce.

Parsley Salad
with
Shaved Radish and Fresh Miners Lettuce

All local from the Boise Farmers Market (I’m there every week!)

So there you have it. Not 100% local, but darn close. And this time of year with the Boise Farmers Market being open, it gets easier to buy those local products. Plus, our herb gardens are in full swing – bloom! Enjoy.