Planet Veggie Garden

… a bunch of sprouted potatoes. Or at least a full tummy.

All this from a few sprouted potatoes

Today I harvested a basket full of potatoes. It’s so much fun to reach into the dirt and pull out these little jewels. All of these potatoes are offspring of potatoes I had in my pantry that started to sprout. I use to think – oh these have gone bad and tossed them.

Now I just plant them.

From today’s little harvest we enjoyed some roasted potatoes – before roasting in a 400F oven I tossed them with extra virgin olive oil, chopped garlic, spanish smoked paprika, sea salt and black pepper. Done in about 20 minutes. Yum.

I also made a Garden Chowder.

First I sauteed half a diced onion, 2 minced garlic cloves, 2 tablespoons of chopped garlic chives, 1 sliced stalk of celery and 1 sliced carrot in 2 tablespoons of butter.

Then I poured in about a 1/3 c of white wine, 4 cups of water, 2 bay leaves, a bunch of chopped kale, 1 1/2 cups of sliced potatoes, a very generous pinch of sea salt and little pinch of black pepper. But wait! I remembered we had a bag of artichoke hearts in the freezer so I tossed those in too.

I simmered until the kale and potatoes were soft then added a 1/2 cup of heavy cream, a squeeze of lemon juice and salt & pepper to taste.

That was good eating with enough leftover for lunch tomorrow.

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