I am so excited; I have made two meals with spinach and arugula from my garden!
Over the winter, I studied and watched videos about vegetable gardens. There was so much I didn’t know.
This year, I planted the seeds correctly. I learned about companion gardening and understood why I failed horribly last year.
So what did I make? This post will be more about the delicious food than bore you with gardening facts.
Tuesday night, I made two different flatbread pizzas that weren’t traditional.
The first flatbread was a white pie with lots of garlic, sautéed spinach, olive oil, mozzarella, and ricotta cheese. It was so flavorful!
The second pie was a fig, bacon because I didn’t have any prosciutto, mozzarella cheese, olive oil, bleu cheese crumbles topped with arugula.
The sweet, salty, and tanginess from the bleu cheese were in perfect balance. The arugula was the bitterness to cut through the richness and fat of the pizza. Yum!
I have had these two flatbreads in my head since I planted those seeds less than a month ago.
They were as good as I expected them to be, but next time, I will use prosciutto since they were a little bacon-forward.
Yesterday, before dance classes, I made us a light meal with protein, spinach, garlic, lemon, and toasted breadcrumbs. I say light because we don’t eat until after 8:30 pm.
I made a fantastic scampi over white rice. By the way, those aren’t scallops but tofu, which I cut with a small round cutter. I also cut the leftover pieces up and threw them in. The texture and taste were pretty damn close.
This was a lighter protein and a really good substitute. The tofu block cost me only .75 cents, as opposed to the price of day boat scallops.
I’ve gone back out to cut more spinach, arugula, and lettuce. It’s growing as fast as I can use it. I’m jumping for joy over this!
I love the process of cutting the leaves, washing them, spinning them dry, and eventually putting them in ziplock bags.
I crouch down like they do in Eastern countries and work right on the terrace rocks. It feels primal in a way. Nelly was very interested in what I was doing. She does everything with me.
I put in the rest of my vegetable garden, which I will post about soon. 👩🏻🌾