Posts Tagged ‘lettuce’

Salad with Radishes and Miso Vinaigrette

Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Salad with miso vinaigrette

Salad with miso vinaigrette

Simple as can be. Get some lettuce, top it with some thinnnnly sliced radishes, add dressing.

I served this alongside Soba Noodles in Dashi.


: Miso Vinaigrette
  • 2T Seasoned rice vinegar
  • 1T Miso
  • 1t Soy sauce
  • Walnut oil
  • Fresh ground pepper

  1. Mix together the vinegar, miso and soy until the miso is blended through
  2. Whisk in the oil until it is the desired consistency and taste
  3. Drizzle on salad (I used butter lettuce and thinly sliced radishes)
  4. Pepper to taste

Preparation time: 5 minute(s)

Cooking time:

Number of servings (yield): 4

Garden Update!

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

The garden is in full force. So much so that I can’t keep up with it and my CSA boxes! The thing about having a CSA and a garden is that things, you know, grow at the same time!

Kale anyone?
Kale anyone?

Spinach, thyme and marjoram galore!
Spinach, Thyme, Marjoram

The tallest lettuce ever:
Lettuce

The hops have loved the weather this year…rain/sun/rain/sun:
Hops

Already getting cones and they have 2 months to go!
Hop cones

Some Braeburns are popping up on our tree:
Braeburn Apples

It looks like we’ll get Asian pears this year too. It didn’t produce last year:
Asian Pears

Some Bartlett pears are forming too:
Bartlett Pears

The blueberries are crazy! Hopefully they all ripen and the birds don’t get them:
Blueberries

Lemon verbena survived the winter and has come back to it’s fragrant self:
Lemon Verbena

Every year we get pomegranate flowers but they never fruit. I think they get too much water here but they’re pretty nonetheless:
Pomegranates

It’s been a long wet winter and spring but the plants are really happy to be out of the drought. Everything is beautiful.