The bounty from today's quick trip to the Matthews Farmers Market. All these greens are from Sammy Koenigsberg's (certified organic) Newtown Farms in Waxhaw, NC: two kinds of beets, greenleaf lettuce, chard, broccoli, two kinds of spinach, and mesclun salad mix. What a pleasure to have all this available only a few hours after it was picked.
And here's the reward for eating my greens like a good boy: Strawberry Cream Parfait. A vegan delight, the recipe is from Rhonda Malkmus of Hallelujah Acres, from the HA email newsletter earlier this week. I made this first as a desert for the guys who came over for supper Tuesday night, expanding the recipe to make enough for four. I made it again this afternoon to see how many servings the recipe (below) will make:
Here's the recipe:
This recipe made three of the parfaits shown above in the picture. The third had been, ahem, consumed prior to the pictures:
1. Strawberries
4 cups of organic strawberries, quartered. (Set aside in bowl) (n.b. These are the chunks of berries that will be layered with the cream filling. I had about a cup of quartered berries left, so I'm thinking 3+ cups might be enough.)
2. Cream filling
•2 cups organic strawberries
•6 organic Medjool dates, pitted and soaked 4-6 hours (save soaking water)
•1/2 cup pecans OR almonds (preferably soaked over night, then drained) (n.b. I didn't have pecans so used 1/4 cup almonds and 1/4 cup walnuts, soaked.)
•Sweetener to taste: Agave Nectar OR Maple Syrup OR Date Sugar OR Stevia (pick one)
•1 teaspoon pure vanilla (I used 1 Tbspoon -- love vanilla!)
•One banana (This ingredient isn't part of the original recipe. I added it because of its compatibility with the other ingredients and to give the "Cream" more body and volume. You can add it or leave it out. Having made the recipe with and without it, I like it better with the banana added.)
Place all the "Cream" ingredients in a blender (I tried food processor and it didn't process the nuts fine enough, so blender is better) and blend until creamy, adding the date soaking water if needed for thinning. Taste and add more sweetener as needed.
Fill parfait glasses with alternating layers of "Cream" and strawberry chunks, starting with cream on the bottom and ending with cream on the top. Top with a single strawberry or chunks.
Chill before serving.
And here's the reward for eating my greens like a good boy: Strawberry Cream Parfait. A vegan delight, the recipe is from Rhonda Malkmus of Hallelujah Acres, from the HA email newsletter earlier this week. I made this first as a desert for the guys who came over for supper Tuesday night, expanding the recipe to make enough for four. I made it again this afternoon to see how many servings the recipe (below) will make:
Here's the recipe:
This recipe made three of the parfaits shown above in the picture. The third had been, ahem, consumed prior to the pictures:
1. Strawberries
4 cups of organic strawberries, quartered. (Set aside in bowl) (n.b. These are the chunks of berries that will be layered with the cream filling. I had about a cup of quartered berries left, so I'm thinking 3+ cups might be enough.)
2. Cream filling
•2 cups organic strawberries
•6 organic Medjool dates, pitted and soaked 4-6 hours (save soaking water)
•1/2 cup pecans OR almonds (preferably soaked over night, then drained) (n.b. I didn't have pecans so used 1/4 cup almonds and 1/4 cup walnuts, soaked.)
•Sweetener to taste: Agave Nectar OR Maple Syrup OR Date Sugar OR Stevia (pick one)
•1 teaspoon pure vanilla (I used 1 Tbspoon -- love vanilla!)
•One banana (This ingredient isn't part of the original recipe. I added it because of its compatibility with the other ingredients and to give the "Cream" more body and volume. You can add it or leave it out. Having made the recipe with and without it, I like it better with the banana added.)
Place all the "Cream" ingredients in a blender (I tried food processor and it didn't process the nuts fine enough, so blender is better) and blend until creamy, adding the date soaking water if needed for thinning. Taste and add more sweetener as needed.
Fill parfait glasses with alternating layers of "Cream" and strawberry chunks, starting with cream on the bottom and ending with cream on the top. Top with a single strawberry or chunks.
Chill before serving.
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Yum, I will definitely have to try that soon. Thanks for sharing the recipe. Jen
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