Welcome to Local Eats!!!

Hey there everybody!!! The purpose of this blog is to make everyone aware that they're missing out on some of the best produce in the U.S. How many of you knew that there are farms, referred to as CSA's, that anyone can be a partner in and receive produce all throughout the growing season?
For more info go to www.localharvest.com

My name is Kyle. My wife Bethany and I live in Alaska with our little girl. This year we decided to take part in a CSA. We payed $500 to get a weekly delivery of everything the farm produced over the entire growing season. (just produce in our case, but there are CSA that can do meat/egg shares as well)


Obviously the growing season is here isn't very long since we have such short summers, but when summer hits full throttle we have about 22 hour of sunlight a day which let the plants grow pretty quickly!!

I'd also like to say that I am by no means all into the organic/earth friendly/sandals and singing songs around a fire kinda guy. I just flat out like GOOD FOOD, and I've never seen veggies any fresher than these first few weeks.

We'll keep you in the loop over the growing season and let you know how it all works out. I'll be sure to put some good recipes in a blog as we try them out.

My brother Ryan and his wife are also participating in a CSA down in Chicago. He's also keeping a blog of his experience at:
http://eatnearfood.blogspot.com




Wednesday, June 18, 2008

BABY BOK CHOI w/ SOY GINGER SAUCE




If you're dealing with baby bok choi you don't even need to cook them really, but in this dish they soften perfectly (MAKE SURE YOU DON'T OVERCOOK THEM).

(if you're making this for a crowd, plan on 2-3 per person... if you're cooking for my family plan 6 a head :)

This is quite possibly the easiest recipe in the world... so if you're trying to get your cooking legs... or have NEVER cooked and have a hot chick coming over for dinner and want to impress.. try this one.

(this recipe is for 2-3 people)
Mix together in a bowl:
1/8 cup soy sauce
1/8 cup balsamic vinegar
1 tbs water
1 TBS FRESH GINGER crushed/chopped into oblivion ( don't use powdered ginger for this)

First, take 4-6 Baby Bok Choi and slice each one in half vertically, then you can either steam Baby Bok Choi for a few minutes (3-4) or I just like to throw them in a hot skillet with a touch of water so the steam and pick up some color for about a two minutes so they keep a little bit of their structure.

if you're making this and serving it family style just dump the cooked, warm Bok Choi in the bowl with your dressing and toss to coat..

If you're making individual plates.. place 2-3 cooked, warm Bok Choi on each plate and use about 2 TBS of dressing on each plate.
We sprinkled some sliced almonds on top and it really finished the dish, but you could use anything..... or nothing :)

ALSO... remember to TASTE your dressing BEFORE you serve it.. depending on what type of balsamic you use or if you think it's too salty from the Soy Sauce just add a touch (TBS or so) of honey to tone down the flavors...

1 comment:

Ryan said...

oooh, that looks like a great way to do bok choi! I hope we get some more at some point since we didn't this week.