Vietnamese Summer Rolls

Tonight was one of our best harvests ever! We decided to make Vietnamese summer rolls, and were able to harvest a lot of the items from our own little garden: cilantro, lettuce, mint and carrots. Unfortunately, our cucumber plants are just starting to grow big leaves and put out blossoms, so we needed to buy  a cucumber with our shrimp.

The best part was watching the girls harvest and wash the veggies, roll up their rolls with rice paper, and enjoy leaf veggies with their carrots and cucumbers for the first time. A fun healthy family meal!
Our kale is starting to bush out nicely. Maybe our next garden treat will be kale chips, which are a real hit with Vivi!

Carrots, peas and Pinot Gris

It has been a hectic few weeks and the weather forecast has been all over the map. The last few days however, have been clear and sunny and the garden has responded appropriately! The peas are thriving, the lettuce is turning into heads, and the carrots have gotten big and plump! After dissuading the girls for many days to not pull the carrots, today was the big day.  We also thinned out pea seedlings, and enjoyed Asian-style garlic- sauteed pea shoots, grown fresh in our garden. Paired with miso-marinated marinated black cod and a Grey Monk Pinto Gris, we had a perfect summer's meal to end our weekend!