muted monday: the perfect weekend breakfast

fried green tomatoes

Jason brought some green tomatoes home from work last week, and we finally got a chance to fry them up last night. Oh man, they were out of this world.





I just dip them in flour, then in an egg/buttermilk mixture, then in cornmeal/flour mixture with salt and pepper, then fry. Delicious!

eggplant burgers!

Thanks, Amanda for your suggestion- here are the burgers we ate last night! They were very good. I also consulted this page about eggplant for some of the details. I feel much more confident now and will try something else with eggplant soon. The baba ganoush sounds fantastic, and we will be sure to keep that on our list of things we want to make with our new grill (coming this week!)

So, a quick recap of what I did with my eggplant:
Peel eggplant and slice it into burger thickness
Salt slices on both sides and leave them to sit in a colander for about 40 minutes
Rinse well and squeeze out excess water
Dip in eggwash, then bread crumbs
Fry in olive oil until nice and tender
Top with marinara and slices of mozzerella, then place under broiler just until cheese melts.
Voila!

at the farm

We had a very nice visit to Full Moon Farm last week. We saw pigs, cows, horses, and chickens, and also saw the vegetable garden. We learned a little about what is done on this farm, and found out that in addition to providing for the local CSA members, food and meat from this farm is served at the Athens restaurant, Farm 255. We have not managed to get over there yet but I'd really like to check it out.



Eating local food is something we really want to do more of- it is so important in lots of ways. Not only does it support local people financially by buying what they produce, but it is also so much better for the environment because the food does not have to be shipped from very far away before it gets to our table. It is also fresher and better for you because it can be picked at it's peak instead of earlier, the way foods often are when they have to be transported long distances before they are consumed.







For a list of CSAs and local farms near you, check out LocalHarvest.org.