Mushroom & Asparagus side dish

Mushroom & Asparagus side dish

this is one of my favorite side dishes and its super simple

in a frying pan add

1 stick of butter ( 1 extra on hand just in case)

melt butter add a clove or 2 of garlic (to your taste) 

add asparagus & mushrooms and sauté until asparagus are soft.

salt and pepper to taste.

Week 3

Lettuce a few different types
mushrooms
carrots
asparagus

Stuffed pork loin & Saffron Rice

Stuffed pork loin & Saffron Rice

Ingredients:

1 pork loin

1 box stove top stuffing (or your own recipe)

Butchers string or tooth picks

1 box of saffron rice (purchased at Annapolis farmers market)

Prepare the stuffing 

Preheat the oven to 350.

To stuff the pork loin cut down the center of the loin about half way through. Fill the space with stuffing. Tie the loin together with the butcher’s string or secure with tooth picks.

Season the loin with salt & pepper and place in oven for 35 to 45 min (depends on the size of your pork loin)

Cook rice according to the directions on the package.

Remove pork loin from the oven allow the pork to rest before butting remove the string and cut.

Serve over the saffron rice and enjoy!

Steak Caesar Salad

Steak Caesar Salad

Ingredients:

1 head of romaine lettuce

1 box of croutons

2 sirloin steaks

Caesar dressing of your choice

Parmesan cheese

Make basic ceaser salad with romaine, dressing... don’t add croutons until a few min before adding steak... don’t want soggy croution.

In a small frying pan add 2 tablespoons of oil. And sear the sirloin steaks about 3 min on each side. Place pan in oven heated to 400degreese (BE SURE YOUR PAN DOESN’T HAVE A PLASTIC HANDLE OR ANY PART OF THE PAN WONT MELT) for about 10 minuets.

Remove steaks from pan and place on cutting board to rest. For about 10 minutes

Add croutons to salad.

Slice the steaks into think strips arrange over salad

Enjoy

Crab, Shrimp & Spinach Rottini

Crab, Shrimp & Spinach Rottini

Ingredients:

1lb Shrimp peeled & deveined

1 bag of baby spinach

1lb of crab meat

2 sticks of butter

1 box of Rottini (or any pasta of your choosing)

In frying pan combine 2 stick of butter & baby spinach sauté until spinach starts to welt. Then add the shrimp cook until shrimp are done. Then add the crab meat (make sure to de-shell the crab meat before adding to pan)

In large pot boil water add Rottini and follow cooking directions on box

Drain pasta and return to pot add crab, shrimp, and spinach to the pot and mix well.

Garnish with oregano, old bay, and Parmesan cheese.

Enjoy

Dinner Seared Tuna with Stir Fry Veggies

Seared Tuna & Veggie Stir fry

We us as many fresh veggies in each of the dishes as our CSA allows.

Ingredients:

Tuna steak (one per person)

1 head of broccoli

2 carrots

1 onion

1 can water chestnuts

1 red pepper

1 green pepper

1 cup of mushrooms

1 bag of 5 min rice.

Cut all veggies into small pieces. In a frying pan add 2 tablespoons oil (your choice) add veggies

Season veggies with salt, pepper and soy sauce cook until veggies start to soften add 2 cups of water & cover stir occasionally

Cook rice follow directions on box

In a small pan add 2 tablespoons of oil. Season tuna with salt & pepper sear tuna on each side for about 3 min. slice thin and arrange over rice

week 2 of the 38 week growing season

This weeks share included: Asparagus, Beets, Broccoli, Carrots (white, purple, & orange) Romaine, leaf lettuce, Portabella mushrooms.

First week of the 38 week growing season

I wasn't thinking about making all my facebook friends jealous the first week with the wonderful meals Damon was cooking so I don't have recipes for you but don't worry the second week is full of great things.. Oh i will tell you one night when D wasn't home I make a chicken stir fry and used the beets needless to say I had a pink stir fry good but pink

A little about my husband and I.

Hello my name is Stacey and my hubby's name is Damon. I'm a wiring designer and Damon is a remodel carpenter who used to be a chef. We both share a love of food. How this all started is a year or so ago I was reading an article in a local paper about a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). The idea of helping out a local farmer, knowing my produce was grown right around where I live and organically intrigued me greatly. So I visited the website http://www.localharvest.org/ that the article mentioned. I found that all the local farms were in the middle of the growing season all were sold out. So I stored it away for later in the year. A few weeks later I was cruising Craigslist, a lady was selling her share because she was moving. Great I could try it out for half price, I contacted her and the rest was history. I actually switched to a different farm than the original share I bought the first reason is because it was closer to home and they offered a short winter share so I gave them a try. Not only was I impressed with the variety of veggies but Shawn & Mary Ann are so friendly and personable it was a no contest decision in sticking with them for the 2011 season. Here is a link to their website if you want to check them out for yourself.  www.practically-organic.com