Locavore Lamb Dinner

14 Monday Nov 2011

Posted by Bob and Robin in Lamb, Locavore, Photos, Photos By: Bob Young, Turnips, What's For Dinner?

OK. BSU lost to TCU, 35-36. They dropped 6 points on the BCS scale, from number 5 to number 11. Go figure! That means, one really needs a good local dinner. Look what we had. Sorry you missed it. Yea! Right!

Roasted Leg of Lamb
(Felzien Farms and herbs from Our Garden)
Hendricks gin, pear vodka, olive oil, fresh rosemary, fresh thyme, garlic

Steamed Baby Turnips and Carrots
(Boise Saturday Market)

Green Salad with Fresh Tomatoes
(Our Garden)

2008 Riverwoods Winery Magnafique
50% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Malbec

It was an awesome dinner. Sorry that you missed it. The lamb was the first that we have had from this years’ crop and it was delicious! The fresh and local vegies were a delight and the wine went very well with this dinner. Cheers!

Meatless Monday Broiled Salmon

27 Tuesday Sep 2011

Posted by Bob and Robin in Locavore, Main Dish, Meatless Monday, Photos, Photos By: Bob Young, Salmon, Seafood, Vegetables, What's For Dinner?

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The Fall of the year brings with it a variety of different garden fresh vegetables that are very suitable for your Meatless Monday dinner. Garden fresh Green Zebra and Giant Red Tomatoes, Garden fresh Tarragon and Chives. Garden fresh Zucchini and Summer squash. And fresh pulled Red Onion. What a delight! And nothing fried! Here is the menu. Enjoy it!

Meatless Monday Menu

Broiled Salmon
tarragon, chives, Green Zebra tomato slices

Caramelized Medley of Garden Fresh Zucchini and Summer Squash
chives and red onion

Fresh Green Salad
Romaine lettuce and Giant Red tomato slices

Fresh Baked Banana Pumpkin Bread

20 X 20 Affair at Red Feather Lounge in Boise

22 Monday Aug 2011

Posted by Bob and Robin in Local Harvests, Locavore, Photos, Photos By: Bob Young, Red Feather/Bittercreek, Things To Do

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20% of your food purchased and consumed from local farmers and restaurants by 2020! That should really be possible. I know Robin and I really do try to adhere to this. As an example, I can 13 items each year of which 8 are produce totally from the products of the local farming community or from our garden or friends gardens. That’s 62! We get our freezer packed full of local lamb each year from a local 4-H farmer. And we use buffalo raised at the Brown’s Buffalo Ranch in Nyssa, Idaho.

This past weekend, we had the delightful experience to attend the 20X20, 20 course dinner for $20.00 at the Red Feather Lounge in Boise. (The photo on the right shows part of their wine cellar. Pretty photo, but not necessarily part of this program. ) The idea was to raise funds for the Sustainable Community Connections. Furthermore, the Treasure Valley food Coalition states on their web site that, “The Treasure Valley Food Coalition, a program of Sustainable Community Connections, is a network of community members working together to create a sustainable local food system.

Statement of Purpose
Supporting sustainable agriculture, our local food system and community food security in the Treasure Valley. All Treasure Valley citizens deserve access to affordable, fresh, local, sustainably produced food.” With all of this in mind, please do visit these two web sites and enjoy the photos of the meal that we were served. Many, many thanks to the Red Feather Lounge and their staff for closing the restaurant to the public and allowing us to have this program. Thanks too, to the Service Staff! Enjoy the photos! Left-Click any photo to see full screen.

Friends of ours, who we have not seen in several years, Robert and Annie Malcolm Moore.

Check this menu out. And yes, the drinks were included. The drinks I likes best? Number 1, Fuzzy Leopard (vodka, basil, lemon/lime) and Number 7, Arancita Bebida (gin, orange and olive oil)

Chicken Salad Tea Sandwich

Tomato Apricot Crostini

Soft Boiled Egg and Anchovy Aioli

Summer Squash Fritters and Pesto

Cucumber and Lox

Grilled Halloumi with Cherries
(I liked this one as one of the best)

Papas Bravas with Garlic Aioli

German Meatballs (Pork and Beef)

Pastry Cream and Fresh Market Berries
(I liked this one as one of the best)

Raspberry Red Velvet Cake

I planted this Quince bush in our Alley Garden last year. This is the first of the quinces that the bush produced. It has nothing to do with this dinner except to let the readers know that you can plant a productive garden any place!!

I know, we need Smellivision to get the full effect of these photos. Just believe me: It was delicious! Cheers! And remember: Think Local! We do.

Thunder Mountain Line Locavore Dinner

27 Monday Sep 2010

Posted by Bob and Robin in Local Farmers Markets, Local Harvests, Locavore, Main Dish, Photos, Photos By: Bob Young, Things To Do, What's For Dinner?

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For Robin’s Birthday, Marnie gave her a Locavore Dinner on the Thunder Mountain Train. This train goes along the Payette River from Horseshoe Bend to Banks, Idaho. Thank you Marnie – It was well worth it. They had a table reserved for us and balloons over the table. It was really a lot of fun to ride the train again and to “get out” with Robin for even a short time. When we reached Banks after riding through the back country and along the river, we had this awesome meal totally produced from locally grown foods and prepared locally. Enjoy these photos of our sojourn! Cheers!