Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Cooking...


Creamy Green Garlic and Potato Soup
We started getting our CSA last week from Brinkley Farms.  We are so excited about it!  This particular CSA allows us to choose what we want in our box each week from a list of available items. Last week we choose chorizo, red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, bok choy, and chinese cabbage.  This week we choose to get some ground beef, green onions, collards, spinach, and green garlic.   We weren't sure what to do with the green garlic... but after asking around, we heard of a green garlic potato soup that Toast (one of our favorite Durham restaurants) makes.  
I googled and found a few recipes and ended up doing a composite of multiple recipes.
  • 2 Tablespoons butter
  • 2 large green onions
  • 3 bulbs green garlic, thinly sliced  (I used the whites, pink, and part way up the green)
  • 4 medium Golden potatoes
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 Quart Chicken Broth 
  • Fresh Ground Black Pepper, to taste
  • 3 tablespoons 2% milk
  • a splash of lemon juice to taste
Heat butter in a dutch oven over medium heat. Add the onions and saute for 3 to 5 minutes.
Add the garlic, potatoes, and some salt, and saute for another 5 minutes. 
Add the broth and bring the soup to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low, allowing the soup to simmer for about 20 minutes, or until the potatoes are nice and tender. Do not cover.  When potatoes are soft and most of the liquid is absorbed or evaporated, use an immersion blender and puree.  We didn't completely puree till smooth, but you could do that.  
Add milk and broth until the soup is a soupy consistency.  Taste the soup - add lemon juice, salt and pepper until the flavor is bright.
Mmmmmm - Yummy!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Making...

Shirts for Elizabeth and Lily.



Thursday, April 15, 2010

Elizabeth's first baseball game

On opening day (April 15th) we took Elizabeth for her first baseball game.  It was an amazing night, although the Bulls lost.  Elizabeth loved it! Which is pretty standard for her as she is very social.  She enjoyed the music, watching all the people, and being outside.

Monday, April 5, 2010

New pictures

Check out our fotki site. We have tons of new pictures!

Friday, April 2, 2010

Beets can't be beat!

Check out this article on the New York Times about the TripAdvisor review of the agrotourism destination Schrute Farms from The Office.  So funny!    

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Elizabeth Laughs

I can't stop smiling whenever I hear her laugh...
Make sure your sound is up for this!!!


Elizabeth laughs from Nathan Marvelle on Vimeo.