This is a choose your own adventure kind of recipe. Its a great way to use fresh summer produce or whatever you have around with very little actual cooking time. But that is what I love about this hodgepodge kind of meal – you can mix and match to make something different every night! I usually start with the grain base and just build from there, stir-fried garlic scapes or bok choy, miso-marinated tofu, a fried egg and avocado. Dang i am making myself hungry!
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My brother made his big sis proud making his own farro arrangement! He even followed my guidance on cooling the farro on a sheet pan so it cools faster and finishes cooking more evenly.
Garlic scapes! Have you ever seen such wacky lookin things!!? I found them at the Union Sq greenmarket on monday and could not resist buying three giant bunches. As the name implies, they are related to the more well know bulb – in fact they are a stem that grows up from the top of a garlic bulb and in order to help focus the plants energy on the bulb itself, farmers clip these stems and voila! Everyone’s a winner!
While they are garlicky in flavor, they are not quite as potent as the bulbs and they have an earthier taste (think asparagus/scallion/garlic). Most of the recipes I found around the interwebs were pesto kinds of recipes – which would be great if I hadn’t just OD’d on my last obsession, Chermoula – which you could totally make with these and I probably will end up doing that with the 2 other bunches when I can’t eat any more stir-fry or, more accurately, when Chris can’t eat any more. I mean we only had it for dinner 4 nights in a row this week and it would have been more if I hadn’t eaten the rest for my lunch every day!
In the sauté pan –
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Start the Stir-Fry:
- Onions or Shallots
- Garlic Scapes
- Frozen Chopped Kale
- Fried Egg (do this last)
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Add a Grain Base:
- Farro
- Brown Rice
- Quinoa
- Bulgur
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Then Protein:
- Shredded Chicken
- Beans, Chickpeas, Edamame
- Falafel (like these!)
- Tofu (soy-marinated perhaps)
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Off the heat and into a big bowl –
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Toss in Veggies:
- Tomatoes
- Avocado
- Fresh corn
- Leftover Roasted Veg
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Dressed Greens:
- Kale
- Spinach
- Arugula
- Romaine
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Top w/ a Crunch:
- Toasted Nuts
- Parmesan Crisps
- Crumbled Pita Chips
- Crispy Bacon
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And For the Dressing… vinaigrette!!
The famous brother reported from Snowmass that he had made the most delicious breakfast this morning of farro peanut butter and blueberries. There is no limit to the combinations