Mmm good.

[velvetpage]

This recipe was sent out with my Plan B email yesterday, and I tried it for supper today. I'm posting it here as well as everydaycooking because it was so. darn. good. They come out tasting like perogies with onion, only they're healthier

Some possible variations: Add bacon and/or cheese to the recipe; put in a regular onion instead of a scallion (I only used one green onion and found it just about right;) make up dozens and freeze a bunch, three or four at a time, for quick vegetarian lunches or evening meals.

Zucchini Fritters Recipe (elise.com) like potato latkes but with zucchini
INGREDIENTS
1 lb of zucchini (about 2 medium sized), coarsely grated
Kosher salt
Ground black pepper
1 large egg
2 scallions, finely chopped
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup grape seed oil or olive oil
Sour cream or plain yoghurt
METHOD
1 Salt the zucchini with about 1 teaspoon of salt. Try to remove the excess moisture from the zucchini by either squeezing the liquid out with a potato ricer, or by squeezing with paper towels. (The original recipe calls for putting the zucchini in a colander set in the sink to let it drain for 10 minutes after salting it. I think it works much better to use a potato ricer.)
2 Whisk egg in a large bowl; add the zucchini, flour, scallions, and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper. Mix to combine well.
3 Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook fritters in two batches. Drop six mounds of batter (2 Tbsp each) into the skillet. Flatten slightly. Cook, turning once, until browned, 4-6 minutes on each side. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate. Sprinkle with salt. Repeat with remaining batter.
Serve immediately, with sour cream or plain yoghurt on the side.

Comments

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

It's the organic co-op from which I get a delivery of vegetables every Tuesday. I don't know if I've used the name of it before. I've been swimming in delicious, fresh organic produce, and haven't been able to use a lot of it because I just don't eat enough veggies. Today so far I've used one huge tomato, one huge cucumber, two medium zucchinis, and one green onion. I think we're doing pretty well.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

On the other computer I bookmarked an interesting program. It is a plan like that, but you get a discount if you let them USE YOUR YARD. It's like a farm spread out through an ENTIRE community. You pay for them to landscape your yard, (all the materials and stuff) plant things, come every week to work on it (you don't have to do a thing, and they even install drip irrigation), and you get a box (your stuff plus stuff from other yards) and if you let them make i big enough, they take from your yard for other people.

Crazy idea, fun idea, lazy idea in a way, but hey, if it works...I'll probably post the link later.

I used to do the box of veg thing in Brooklyn. I like going to the Farmer's Market here though because it is closer than picking up a box here (they dont deliver). I can walk to the market or take a $15 cab ride (EACH WAY) to some store to pick up stuff.

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

Ours is dropped off at a depot about a ten-minute drive away. It's further than a grocery store but still close enough that I'm not spending much more gas to go get the stuff, and I stop and do my grocery shopping on the way home so I'm not spending more gas than necessary by making extra trips. I find it's too much stuff, though. I know they've experienced a huge increase in demand this year, so I may suggest to them that some people might be interested in quarter shares (I have a half share right now) so the produce can go further.

They started sending tomatoes this week - three huge beefsteak ones. I'm going to be swimming in tomatoes soon, theirs and mine.

I love the community garden with other hands idea. Really, I like any idea that means less lawn and people living closer to their food source - and it really doesn't get any closer than your own backyard. Do you pay the people who do the gardening, or is it volunteer on their part? Unfortunately, my backyard is so shady that I wouldn't be able to put a vegetable garden back there, much as I would like to.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Them doing the work was part of the fee.

Ah, here we go, just had to use the right words for google:

http://arieff.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/grow-your-own/?ref=opinion

This is the company that does it. I like the layout they have for the veg; I might use it next year.
http://myfarmsf.com/

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

See, the reason I want to move in a couple of years is less about a bigger house (I'd feel guilty if my dream was that yuppie-ish) and more about a better yard for growing more of my own food, and a house that is easier and cheaper to retrofit as green. I would love to be able to do this in my backyard, with or without help the first year - I think I'd be able to do it for myself after that.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

When I picked this house, the yard was a huge selling point, that and the relatively new furnace and windows.

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

I wasn't interested in gardening when we picked this house. It's something that has grown on me over time.

[mar2nee.livejournal.com]

Very very cool. I emailed them to see if they know of anyone doing something similar where I live. I'd love that.