I have realized I am not the best blogger and I apologize. The past few months have been spent preparing soil, planting seeds and my "babies" I raised from seed. I was able to find homes for the hundreds of vegie plants and have only a few tomato plants left to adopt. Now that the plants are in, I hope to share recipes from garden to table. My chard is in now and here is a great recipe for shrimp pasta with chard:
Prepare 1 pound of pasta -al dente. I have been using quinoa pasta lately but any will do. Reserve 1 cup of pasta water. Drain pasta and set to side. In a large pan, briefly saute 2 cloves of minced garlic in olive oil. Add 1 pound large shrimp raw and pealed. Saute until just pink. Add juice of one lemon, 3/4 cup white wine, 2 tbsp butter (I use smart balance 50/50 butter). Add 10-15 swiss chard leaves that are chopped. Then add pasta. Turn off heat and add 1 cup parmesan cheese, a couple shakes of hot sauce. Add reserved pasta water as needed if pasta is too dry. This recipe is so incredibly easy and versatile. You can change out the vegies. I have made it it broccoli and asparagus. Enjoy!
Look out for the next blog-I will be giving you a rundown of all the tomato varieties I planted-and many of you have adopted.
