Here's cauliflower from our garden, almost ready to be harvested. I come from a family with almost no talent for gardening (although I understand my maternal grandmother was quite an avid gardener, my mother and I did not inherit her green thumb). It has been a revelation to me since I met my husband just what a difference really fresh produce makes. The cauliflower H. grows is the most tender and flavorful I've ever tasted. We have a great recipe that calls for preparing it with tahini and lemon juice, among other unlikely ingredients - it's fantastic. Who knew fresh veg could be so romantic? I'll take the ones from H's garden over a box of chocolates any day.
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6 comments:
oh that cauliflower looks awesome. i love fresh cauliflower, lucky you. that's one thing we don't have in our garden.
Melissa I can just Imagine the rich taste of a home grown Cauliflower! Just like a tomato takes so remarkable from a garden. My husbands family from Scotland cook the Cf and brake it up into peices. Then make a cheese sauce and add a a teeny bit of English
(hot) mustard. Then bake it to heat up and brown the top. Talk about delicious! Your cf is a beauty I know you are proud! It sounds good how you said you will make it. Yummy!
That recipe for cauliflower sounds enticing - any hope of getting the whole recipe??
How about the recipe? Love Tahini and cauliflower, the two together sounds yummy!
Jenn Kelly
Hollister, CA
Home grown cauliflower is so tender, it's unbelievable! I'm going to be cooking the first head tomorrow night.
Unfortunately, the cauliflower recipe is a commercial one not a family recipe, so I can't re-print it here, due to copyright considerations. However, I can tell you where to find it. It won the 2006 Easy Ethnic Recipe Contest held by Vegetarian Times and appeared in the Oct. 2006 issue of the mag. It's called Roasted Cauliflower in Lemon-Tahini Sauce and was created by Tim Miano. It's completely brilliant - well-worth your time to pick up a back issue of the magazine!
I love homegrown goods! I read a really great article on urban farming today. Just about anyone can grow their own with a little persistence.
http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/06/30/urban-farming-and-miniature-meet-cute.html
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