Wow, have I ever had a time with Blogger today! Out of the blue I found that uploading pictures to my blog involved a new step of uploading my photos from my computer into a Picasa album before being able to upload them to my blog. Up till now, I have been able to just do it all directly from the blogger template. It's taken me all morning, with the help of my spouse to figure this out and to finally get the pictures to the blog. Brother! I'm too old for this!
Anyway, I wanted to share how excited I am to be able to cook with "fresh" vegetables from my garden in the beginning of a very cold January! I put fresh in quotes, because the cabbage I used to make Pad Thai has been in storage in my basement for a few months, but it is not processed or frozen. This may be old hat to many gardeners, but to me it is still a new and wonderful thing to be eating a fresh- from- my- own garden veg this time of the year! Since getting back to gardening a few years ago I've stored alliums and potatoes in our cold basement, but this year I have cabbages and carrots too. It's a beautiful thing!
So last night I decided to cut up one of the cabbages to make Pad Thai for supper.
I added shallots and since I didn't have any scallions, I substituted some of my little leeks and a can of drained mung bean sprouts. These were stir fried with some tofu and then softened rice noodles were added. Home-made Pad Thai sauce was stirred in and it was topped with chopped peanuts. Voila! Supper!
The snow is still covering the ground but we are able to enjoy a taste from last summer. The new garden seeds are trickling in via the mail and I can't wait to see if I can extend my "fresh" vegetables even more next year!
No problem with uploading pictures here, it might have been a temporary glitch. I've had to recently begin hitting the produce aisles at the store, no fresh stuff left here except cabbage and winter squash.
ReplyDeleteWell Granny I sure hope the glitch is just temporary. Although my husband says working through computer problems is a great way to keep my brain in shape! I will be having to buy onions at the grocery very soon, for the first time in a year and a half, boo-hoo!
DeleteGood for you! One area of our basement is a little colder than the rest so I am trying to store a butternut squash. So far so good. If it is okay later I will maybe try some other things next year! Nancy
ReplyDeleteGood luck with that Nancy! And you made me remember that I still have a few winter squashes in storage too!
DeleteI am experimenting with storing root vegetables in my unheated garage (my basement is too warm) will post the results at a later date.
ReplyDeleteI'll be waiting to read your results Norma. Hope it's going well!
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