It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. It’s still salad season here, and the greenhouse lettuce is giving us a modest but steady supply of greens. The Salanova Red Butter doesn’t get as red some varieties, but the leaves are tender and buttery and lovely in salads. I also cut some mizuna and baby pac choi for salad use last week.
Salanova Red Butter lettuce
mizuna and baby pac choi for salads
The greenhouse kale is beginning to set flower buds now. I cut leaves of Groninger Blue Collard Kale for cooking last week. This is one of the latest to flower, and I didn’t see any buds on it yet. Despite the name, I believe this Dutch heirloom is more of a kale than a collard green. Regardless, the big leaves are tasty and tender.
Groninger Blue Collard-Kale
In non harvest news, I baked up another sourdough sandwich loaf last week using some sprouted whole wheat flour I bought from King Arthur flour. This naturally leavened bread got a great oven spring, and made a sturdy base for sandwiches. I froze leftovers for our later use.
sourdough sandwich loaf
Another dish I cooked up last week used some of our sweet potatoes from storage for Sweet Potatoes Pommes Anna. I used a mix of white, purple and orange fleshed varieties and sliced them thinly on the mandoline slicer. Then I tossed them with a mix of melted butter and olive oil before layering and baking in a cast iron skillet until crispy on the bottom and sides. I also added salt and a bit of dried thyme for seasoning. This treatment is a keeper, and a good use for the smaller sweet potatoes.
Sweet Potatoes Pommes Anna
Harvest Monday is a day to show off your harvests, how you are saving your harvest, or how you are using your harvest. If you have a harvest you want to share, add your name and blog link to Mr Linky below. And be sure and check out what everyone is harvesting!