Showing posts with label asparagus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label asparagus. Show all posts

Wednesday, 15 April 2009

Vernal Nosh



Yup, I learned the word "vernal" today. No idea if it's combinable with nosh though :)

Internet-free days in the office make you learn unusual words... work is funny at the moment because our phone and Internet connection is all messed up so we can't email orders, read our mail or look up at Wikipedia who Rostropovich and Skrjabin are or whether Brecht wrote any funny plays at all.

(talking about All Messed Up, Paul, if you're reading this, let me know you're still alive!)

Well, it's spring and my veggie box delivery makes me do a little happy dance in the office every Wednesday.

I didn't take a picture of last week's box but it had wild garlic and green asparagus, so I made wild garlic risotto with roasted asparagus!
An odd thing is that Germans love their white asparagus. It's nearly impossible to buy green asparagus here except for a few weeks in spring. Sadly, I love green and hate the pale fellow.

Saturday was Anne's birthday, and what do you make the co-workette with the bluest eyes in the world for her birthday?
Clafoutis! It was my first time baking with silken tofu and it worked like a charm, so easy and everybody loved it (except for the not-fruit-eating-no-not-even-in-cake-male)!
And it was pretty too... yes I actually baked something that wasn't butt ugly!

pre-baking:

finished:


And this weeks' box, containing apples, oranges, bananas, an avocado, swiss chard, onions, parsley, courgettes, and Rübstiel (similar to turnip tops).
I'm excited about the Rübstiel, I've never had it before but apparently it's a traditional green of the Rhine area.

Sunday, 1 June 2008

More Bento




I bet this is getting boring... here are three bento from last week.

# 1 has brown rice cucumber sushi with pickled ginger, wasabi and soy sauce, apple slices and raisins.

# 2 couscous salad, Turkish pide bread, hummus and tomato wedges and dolmades in the side container.

# 3 tofu tofu and bok choy stir fry, rice, some amaranth olive crackers, an orange and raisins. There is sweet and sour plum sauce for the rice in the bear container.

I've been a good foodie and went out to eat both Friday and Saturday, but a bad blogger because I didn't take any pictures (camera battery had died).

At the moment, it's aparagus season and I'm eating some almost every day... what else does a girl need but roasted asparagus and pesto risotto?