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We needed those warming spices last week! This week we still are cooking with some Iowa grown produce; potatoes, sweet potatoes, daikon radish, napa and savoy cabbage, red curi and butternut squash, sage. These were not found at obscure markets but at New Pioneer Food Co-op. We’ll continue to aid the body’s digestion with cooked, especially roasted vegetables with the warming herbs and spices like garam masala, garlic and black papper, giving the body an extra kick. We are generous with onions in the winter too, as they help kick start a sluggish system with their liver cleansing properties.
Here’s our menu for next week:
Late summer salads to cool the burn, squash, eggplant, tomatoes, cucumber, potatoes, zucchini, three varieties of beets (chiogga, gold and red) – all local. This is tomorrow’s menu
This week an Eastern take on adzukis with ginger, tamari and brown rice vinegar. This comes with a steamed buckwheat with roasted celery root and seasoned with toasted sesame oil. Toasted sesame seeds provide the crunch. The dal is seasoned with browm mustard seed, cumin seed and fennel seed and sweetend up with Jersey white sweet potatoes and the more familiar orange fleshed sweet potato. A French take on the lentils with Dijon mustard, balsamic and white wine vinegars and caramelized onions. Good hot or cold. The with a simple dish of sushi rice and farro (a type of wheat) seasoned with onion, garlic and salt. Lastly, marinated and baked tofu with grated carrots and sauteed broccoli. This is gently seasoned with lemon and tamari. This comes with a hearty dish of roasted potatoes, rutabaga and steamed turnips in a rich sauce of coconut milk, jalapeno and smoked paprika.
This week we focus on the warming herbs, the hearty grains. The cold calls for these.Root vegetables of course at this time of year, and seeds, which can provide extra nutrition when the local vegetables are thin.