As many Wednesday mornings as possible I volunteer in the gardens at the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center. (www.oaec.org, i think) Their gardens are beyond the beyond beauty-full. That's a whole story unto itself. But, another very important part of the day is being fed lunch at the center. The chefs/cooks are in the midst of creating a recipe book so some days we get to be guinea pigs and test the recipes for them! It's not easy but somehow we manage to persevere!
This was yesterday's menu:
smashed fingerling potatoes w/coriander crust and garden herbal pesto (cleavers, dandelion greens amaranth, magenta lambs quarters and rose petals...just the color alone of the pesto was nutritious)
white bean primavera
carrot and chamomile soup (topped with fresh chamomile flowers)
salad from OAEC gardens (which can include just about anything!) with a rhubarb dressing
cardamom, licorice and peppermint lemonade
YUM!
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