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One Local Summer 2014 – Meal 4

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DSC_0288The husband is home again and took over for One Local Summer for this meal.  We have fries, sausage, a bowl of tomatoes, and a seasonal favorite, a peach with blue cheese!  We had planned to do everything on the grill, but a crazy rain storm and lack of propane pushed us inside.  We did finally have occasion to use our homemade vinegar though, so that was a neat addition and worked really well with some oil over the tomatoes.  We soaked the potatoes in salt water before frying, and that really worked out much better than previous attempts.  Not a bad meal for a stormy evening!

Ingredients:
Peaches – North Star Orchard
Blue Cheese – Birchrun Hills
Potatoes – North Star Orchard
Beer Brats – Backyard Bison
Tomatoes – Hoagland Farm
Non Local – malt vinegar, oil, salt, pepper,

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One Local Summer 2013 – Week 15

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The husband took lead on this dinner and I’m glad to have him back again!  I don’t know why we never thought of it before, what with the Bison vendor and the pork vendor just a booth away from eachother, but we finally did it – Filet Mignon wrapped in bacon!  One of the most delicious combinations to ever grace the grill, and the husband managed to cook the filet exactly to my specifications (brown the whole way through, but still tender, yes, I know I’m a freak about how red meat is cooked).  The bacon kept the filet extra juicy and it really is a winning combination.  To finish off the plate, we had a grilled peach covered in Equinox cheese, and potatoes grilled with onions and garlic.  Good ole meat and potatoes, but a classy meat and potatoes, I think.  Such a shame there isn’t more!  And, before I forget to mention it, there really is nothing in the world better than nitrate free bacon from our favorite pork vendor at the market – this stuff is SO SO SO beyond anything I’ve ever gotten in the grocery store.

Bacon Wrapped Filet with Potatoes and a Grilled Peach:
Bacon – Countrytime Farm
Blue Potatoes – Jack’s Farm
Onion – Jack’s Farm
Garlic – North Star Orchard
Cheese – Birchrun Hills
Bison Filet Mignon – Backyard Bison
Non local – Olive oil, salt, pepper

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One Local Summer 2013 – Week 10

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TEN weeks already – time is flying by.  Husband cooked up this one as well, as you can tell from his summertime favorite there on the plate, a grilled peach with cheese.  We picked up a pork loin at the farmer’s market and he cooked that up on the rotisserie on the grill after having rubbed it down with his signature pork rub (the same one from the pork butt).  Add in some vegetables, and it makes a meal!  Short and sweet this week, but it was really delicious.

Pork Loin and Vegetables:
Pork Loin – Countrytime Farm
Zucchini –  North Star Orchard
Onion –  North Star Orchard
Tomatoes –  North Star Orchard
Peaches – North Star Orchard
Cheese – Birchrun Hills
Non local – spices, salt, pepper, olive oil

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One Local Summer 2013 – Week 9

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Husband is back on cooking duty with this one.  Meat and potatoes, couldn’t you tell?!  We had missed out on getting the pork butt at the farmer’s market for a few weeks since the pork vendor was sold out, but we managed to score one this week.  Husband rubbed the butt (HURRR) with his own blend of paprika, maple sugar, toasted onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.  The rub isn’t all local, but it’s the smallest part of the meal, so we’ll allow it.  The pork butt went into the smoker for six hours at which point, we deemed it done.  On the back of the plate is a summer favorite around here, a grilled peach with blue cheese, then potatoes, and red cabbage cooked in balsamic vinegar (on the grill in tin foil).  Pretty easy, and all cooked outside, keeping the house cool!

Pork Butt with Vegetables:
Pork Butt – Countrytime Farm
Cabbage – North Star Orchards
Potatoes – North Star Orchards
Peaches – North Star Orchards
Blue Cheese – Birchrun Hills
Non local – balsamic vinegar, pork rub, salt, pepper, olive oil

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One Local Summer 2012 – Week 16

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In a move of colossal idiocy, I formatted the card that contained the meal photo for this week, and wrote right back over it with some lovely portraits from a family session.  *FACEPALM*  So, I will describe the meal instead, which won’t be as good as the photo, because the photo was really really good, and I can’t believe I did that.

It was husband’s last week home, and he did the shopping at the Farmer’s Market, bringing home a big chunk of Pork Butt to feed to the crock pot.  It simmered in there all day with some home made hard cider (apples sourced locally) and maple sugar, and was falling apart at dinner time.  SO tender and juicy.  Next to that, on the plate, was a pile of mashed potatoes which had been mixed together with caramelized onions and garlic.  Next was steamed and sauteed garlic string beans.  Then we had grilled roma tomatoes from our garden, and finally grilled peaches with Fat Cat cheese (the highlight of the plate for me).  Seriously, those peaches were delicious and inventive, and something I would’ve never thought to have made.

Epic Meal that you’ll Never See:
Pork – Countrytime Farm
Maple Sugar – Miller’s Maple
Hard Cider – with apples from Linvilla Orchard (I think?  This was brewed a while ago!)
Garlic – Jack’s Farm
String Beans – Jack’s Farm
Onions – Jack’s Farm
Potatoes – Jack’s Farm
Cheese – Birchrun Hills
Tomatoes – My Garden
Peaches – North Star Orchard
Non Local – Salt, Pepper, various spices, cider vinegar

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One Local Summer – Week 11

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I’m a little behind on blog posts, but better late than never! This week I fired up the grill and stuffed some chicken breasts. Lettuce, in July, you say? YES! Brogue Hydroponics grows it all year round, and by now, I think the One Local Summer readers know that I love my greens.  So, clockwise, starting on the left, we have grilled squash, in the back is a salad with lettuce, mushrooms, and my first cucumbers from the garden, and in the front chicken stuffed with chevre, mushrooms, and peppers and grilled with a peach slice on top.  Detail of the ingredients follows and this was certainly a delicious and filling meal!

Squash:
Zucchini – Smith’s Produce
Yellow Squash – Smith’s Produce

Salad:
Lettuce – Brogue Hydroponics
Mushrooms – Oley Valley Mushrooms, Crimini variety
Cucumbers – My garden! White Ghost variety
Non-Local – Salad dressing

Chicken:
Chicken breast – Mountain View Organics
Mushrooms – Oley Valley Mushrooms, Crimini variety
Peppers – That same producer at Anselma Mill that I can’t remember the name (still!)
Chevre – Shellbark Hollow Farm. This is their Sharp II Chevre.
Peach – Northstar Orchard

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OLS: Week 11

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And another week down, bringing us to week eleven of the One Local Summer challenge. This week we decided to attack the pulled pork sandwich. I wasn’t able to find locally baked rolls that would work for sandwiches, so we found Vermont Bread Company rolls at Kimberton Whole Foods that worked out well, even if they’re not really that local. It’s probably the biggest non-local item I’ve used, but I really, honestly tried to find local rolls that would work and just couldn’t find any. Oh well! We did go the extra mile with the barbeque sauce and  made that from scratch. The dinner was delicious and while the pork butt took all day to cook in the smoker and then crock pot, it was WELL worth it. Non-local ingredients used (other than the rolls) were in the barbeque sauce: pepper, salt, cider vinegar.   The rest of the ingredient run down follows.

Corn: Kimberton Whole Foods (locally grown)
Peaches: North Star Orchards
Feta Cheese: Apple Tree Goat Dairy
Pork Butt: Countrytime Farm
Maple Sugar: Miller’s Maple
Tomatoes: Jack’s Farm
Garlic: Jack’s Farm
Onion: North Star Orchards