Hi there. I think I've mentioned before that I'm helping out with Sage's elementary school garden and now it's harvest time. Over the past week when I wasn't in the studio or getting little people (and not so little people) where they need to be (or finishing up knitting projects and reading this book) I've been busy helping parents and children harvest what's growing in the school garden. I am in charge of coordinating the dishes to be served at the "taste of the garden table" at tomorrow's Harvest Festival. Things were a bit stressful earlier in the week but everything is falling into place with lots of volunteers and helping hands now. I chose to pick lots of tomatillos for my dish and am also busy cooking other things and cleaning for my parent's visit this weekend. However, for dinner on this chilly and rainy Thursday, I'm planning to make a quick pot of tomato bisque to serve alongside it's bff grilled cheese. I couldn't resist the super lovely watermelon radishes (pictured above) at the farmer's market last weekend and am wanting to use them in some type of salad tonight...any suggestions?
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What a fun project to be harvesting the school garden. Makes me think of the fabulous Alice Waters. Don't know what to do with those radishes but they are so beautiful... hard to believe they are radishes :)
ha-it's much smaller scale than the edible schoolyard in berkeley but still awesome. yesterday a mom and her 7 year old son harvested many, many green tomatoes and today they brought me some "green tomato cake with pecans" the 7 year old was raving about it and i tried it along with two other 7 year olds and they were all in love with this cake. i know for a fact that if they had not grown and picked those tomatoes they probably wouldn't have even tried it! kids and gardening are an amazing combination : )
That may be the secret to getting my kids to eat veggies... great story!
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