organic veggies after weeding.

これ、ビーツなんです。

よく、スーパーで見かけるのは赤いビーツなんですけど、これはレインボービーツ。

Have you seen this?  It's a rainbow beet, and it is so good in salad.  
We finished working our required time at the organic community farm.  It was not exactly fun...the kids can't step into the crops, so they had to be in the car with DVDs, and the owners are also the farmers, they are difficult to associate with, and the farm is far from where we live.  BUT, look at these veggies and fruits.  They are the best!  I've never tasted anything like this.  Everything is so rich and sweet.  I can't complain:)

夏から始めたコミュニティガーデンプログラムのおかげで、こんなに色んなお野菜を楽しんでいます。それも全部、有機野菜です。農園は遠いし、鍬を持って雑草と格闘するのは大変でしたけどね。

でも、どのお野菜もフルーツも絶品なんです。メロンなんて銀座のデパートに掲げられているのより甘くてジューシーかも。なんて、デパートのは食べた事ないんですけど＾＾

U-Dig carrots.
How do they taste?  Of course, different from ones in bags at markets.

にんじんだって、堀りたてです。

This green one is called romanesco broccoli.  It's in the cauliflower family though.  
Beautiful.  It's an art itself, isn't it?  
Since it was a little bitter when I simply just steamed it with salt, I made Au gratin with white sauce and mozzarella along with this orange cauliflower, then everyone loved it.  Oh, I think pickles might be good, too.

これはロマネスコ。そして、オレンジカリフラワー。
美しい。芸術的ですよね。

ロマネスコはね、ちょっと苦味があって子供たちは苦手そうだったので、オレンジカリフラワーといっしょにグラタンにしました。ホワイトソースと焦げたチーズでご馳走でした。
あ、ピクルスにしてもおいしいかも。

パプリカやアナハイムペパーは、直火で焦がして皮をむいてローストペパーのサラダに。バルサミコとはちみつ、塩コショウとオリーブオイルで和えて。野菜とは思えないほど甘いんです。

高級スーパーでしか売ってないような種類の、しかもオーガニックのお野菜やフルーツをふんだんに使っておうちごはんができるなんて・・・やっぱり、来年も申し込もうかな＾＾

I love roasted peppers with balsamic vinegar, salt, honey and olive oil.  Here, how I roast. Just put them over a flame.  When one side turns black, turn them.  Keep going until the entire pepper is blackened, then you can easily peel off the skin, and the peppers are roasted just right.

All this organic produce is probably sold at Whole Foods which costs of fortune, and I probably just pass by not even looking because of the price tags.  After all the weeding in a huge field under the sun, spending most of weekends during the summer, we get these prizes....nnnnm, maybe, I'm gonna sign up for next year again.