Autumn Harvest from Farm to Table

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After two months of travel, we were excited to be home for the first weekend in a long while. To celebrate, we headed over to the farmer’s market on a crisp morning to restock our empty refrigerator and peruse the autumn harvest.

Here’s what we picked up:

  • Early Girls Tomatoes - these are the sweetest tomatoes, which rival San Marzanos!

  • Fresh herbs (dill, thyme, basil)

  • Fresh jujubes - these are often used in Asian soups or teas, but the fresh ones can be eaten like fruit

  • Beets - we picked up two larges ones to try and make vegetarian sashimi this week

  • Pomegranates - these are my husband’s favorite fruit, finally in season

  • Mini trumpet mushrooms

  • French carrots - great for roasting with caraway seeds, coriander, honey, & pepper

  • Asian pears - we bought one of each type of the market, love the Shinkos

  • Chinese eggplant - the first time I’ve seen these so skinny and without wrinkles!

  • Si-Gua (luffa) - one of my husband’s favorite vegetables

  • Squash Blossoms

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highlight: early girls tomatoes

I love roasting these tomatoes in the oven with either a bit of thyme or basil, olive oil, and pepper for about 20 minutes at 400F. Since they’re naturally so sweet already, I tend to avoid adding too much seasoning.

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highlight: squash blossoms

Since our trip to Provence some years ago, we’ve always kept a look out for squash blossoms. We were stoked to find several dozen large blossoms, which are incredibly rare. They’re great roasted in the oven at 400F for 10-15min with some olive oil and pepper. Alternatively, we also love stuffing the larger blossoms with cheese before baking.

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These French carrots were so beautiful, we picked up two batches for $2 each:

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Onwards to some cooking! Happy shopping at your local farmer’s market!

FoodVivian Lee HuComment