Spinach Meals

The spinach has been loving the rain. I harvested quite a bit yesterday and there's more still in the garden. Since I also went to the gardener's market yesterday and got some fresh eggs, I decided on a quiche.

I've never made a quiche before, but figured it seems like a dish that would be very forgiving. I used the bacon that had been in my freezer since Christmas, a crust I had in the freezer from ages ago and fresh chives from my garden.

5 fresh eggs

.75 cup low fat cottage cheese

4 strips bacon, cooked

a bunch of spinach, sauteed in the pan used for the bacon, chopped

a bunch of fresh chives

2 oz blue cheese

I got over eager and took a sample before I took a picture. It might have been better to not cook the spinach in the bacon grease, but I was at first playing around with the idea of not putting in the bacon, just using it for the sauteing. It tastes fine and it was a good experiment.

I had some left over spinach and used it in soup.
chicken broth - homemade that I'd had in the freezer a little while
packaged cheese tortillini
fresh basil from the garden
garlic salt (since I didn't have any salt in the homemade broth, otherwise garlic powder)
pepper to taste
add spinach in the last few minutes of boiling.

Cache Valley Gardeners' Market

I have to go to the Farmer's Market!!! It's going to be ending in a month. I can't do it this week because I'm running the Huntsville Half Marthon, but I'm so doing this the next weekend. Don't let me forget. Actually, I'm putting it in my calendar. It does mean I'll have to wake up early to do my weekly long run, but it's sooo going to be worth it.

(Wasatch Back–North: Logan) Cache Valley Gardeners’ Market in Logan, Utah.

Open Saturdays from May 13 through October 14 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Pioneer Park, 100 South 200 East, Logan, Utah. "The market was started to allow people who were growing large gardens, so common in the Cache Valley, to market their extra produce. That’s why it’s called a Gardeners’ Market. The market has grown to include produce vendors who only come to sell a one time surplus of potatoes, to small scale farmers who make it every weekend and have a following of loyal customers. In addition, we welcome vendors with handmade craft items and food products to our market." See SAABRA.org for more information.

Was that way too much excitement for a post on a market that I haven't been too? Well, I was talking to Em in SF and she was telling me about a recipe made with frissee lettuce, and I was like, "Where do I get that in Logan?" And then I ran into this online. So anyways I got all excited mostly because it's easy to get excited when talking to Em. And also, the Citrus and Sage (coffee shop on 100 E and 100 N) serves its iced lattes with two shots standards. No more two shots for me. I have a one shot max from here on out.