One Local Summer: Week 8

We enjoyed this meal directly after last Sunday’s market.   I’d taken the day off.   Between working full-time and mothering our toddler, I don’t have the energy to be at market any more and I think my presence (particularly with said toddler in tow) was more of a burden than a help to my husband who directs our farmers market.   Honestly, I’ve enjoyed the time off.

So there it is, our one local summer meal this week.   There were, admittedly, a few others that I needn’t post about.   We enjoyed a meal of roast chicken, new-style peas and carrots, braised fennel with basil, simple salad dressed in flax oil and sourdough bread.   For dessert, I baked a mouth-watering cherry clafoutis (recipe to come).   If you would like to see any of these recipes, check them out in the recipe section of this blog.

And here’s the breakdown should you Western-slopers need some resources:

Animal Foods

• Pasture-raised Chicken: Can’t remember the name of the farm, Near Taylor Reservoir (20 Miles)
• Ghee: Purity Farms, Sedalia (250 miles)
• Pastured Eggs: Parker Pastures, Doyleville (40 miles)
• Wildflower Honey: Madhava, Lyons (200 miles)
• Whipping Cream: Wholesome Milk Products, Brighton (250 miles)

Plant Foods

• Flour: Rocky Mountain Milling, Platteville (250 miles)
• Carrots, Garlic, Rosemary and Parsley: Circle A Garden, Montrose (100 miles)
• Peas, Fennel, Salad Greens and Basil: Raincrow Farm, Paonia (45 miles)
• Pea Tendrils: Abundant Life Farms, Hotchkiss (50 miles)
• Cherries:   Paonia (45 miles)
• Chives: A Wild Patch Next to Our Home, (75 ft)

Not from These Parts

• Celtic Sea Salt
• Pepper
• Kirsch
• Flaxseed Oil