Our Garden Journey

If you have stumbled upon our humble blog please be advised. We are not expert gardeners nor would we ever claim to be. We are novices, newbies, wannabes. Call us what you will, but we are just some folks trying to find a better way to feed ourselves that honors the origin of that food and really enjoying the discoveries we find along the way. This is our garden journey.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

You say potato...

Made good use of some of those fingerling potatoes this week.  The in-laws came up from Ky for a visit and we made garlic roasted potatoes two nights in a row.  Guess that says it all.  No pic of the dish but here is how we do it.
-cut lots-o-fingerling potatoes into 1inch pieces
-peel even more cloves of garlic
-melt butter and olive oil in skillet over medium heat and throw in potatoes.  cook 10 mins uncovered
-now throw in whole garlic cloves, cover and cook 15 mins.
-turn off heat, uncover, add crumbled dried sage, and salt to taste.
-EAT!

I made potato leek soup tonight (usually a winter staple in our house, but I had the potatoes and I had the leeks).  It must have been sorely missed because the 6 year old went back for thirds.

-chop 1 leek
-cut lots-o-fingerlings into 1 inch pieces
-melt butter in soup pot and throw in leeks.  Cook 5 mins
-throw in potatoes.  cook 5 mins
-add your choice of stock to cover potatoes.  Cover and cook until tender.
-add salt and pepper to taste.
-top with Parmesan cheese

Served with grilled cheese sandwiches and a side of dragon beans (cause we got' em coming out the wahoo).

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