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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

July 7th Harvest!

peas
leek blossoms!
green & wax beans
lettuce
green onions
fresh garlic
chard
thyme, oregano & sage

Snap peas~ snap peas are delicious sweet peas inside of a sweet juicy pod. They are best eaten whole in it's pod, especially raw if you can, they may also be cooked anyway you want to consume them!... nothing beats a fresh snap pea! NOTHING!!!! 

Snow peas~ Snow peas are a flat crispy pod with tiny little peas inside. You eat them whole as well as the snap pea and they are excellent raw or stir-fried or.... in anything!

Grilled Snap Pea Recipe:

Ingredients-

1 quart sugar snap peas
1 tablespoon olive oil
8 green onions cut in half length wise.
1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
sea salt to taste
*option: garnish with leek blossoms

Directions

  1. Preheat the grill to medium.
  2. Wrap all the ingredients except leek blossoms in a single layer inside a tin foil-made pouch. (Be sure to seal it so it steams and cooks faster). 
  3. Grill  8 -12 minutes until tender but firm... or however you like! *Garnish with fresh leek blossoms!

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