Monday, January 10, 2011

Cauliflower, Broccoli, & Peas Oh My!

Before the expected freeze this week, we wanted to harvest some of the vegetables in our garden. Our cauliflower, broccoli, and some peas were just right for the picking.

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Here's the cauliflower. Don't mind the purple color. Apparently, that's a side effect of getting too much sun. We could have pinned the leaves over it to keep it white. Purple or white - it's delicious either way.

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Here's one of the two broccoli heads. We have a third beginning to grow as well.

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Our peas are taller than our fence.

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I only harvested six pods, but there were a ton more and a bunch of little ones popping up as well.

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The harvested broccoli and cauliflower.

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We chopped them up and washed them.

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We steamed half of them for a chicken stir fry and left the rest fresh to take to work and share with co-workers.

Also, the snap peas were absolutely great! I can't wait to have a full serving of just them. Yum!

2 comments:

Ferryn said...

Hey! When do they come to the co workers?????

Lauren H. said...

I told Jason to take y'all some. I even made him a special little baggy full of them to take to school. He didn't take them though, and we ended up eating them ourselves.