Monday, May 24, 2010

As Promised

In my column, Green Pans, I said that I had emailed the Thermolon Company on where one could purchase Green Pans here in the US. Well, I have received an email back from a Ms Ronica Kaur.  In her email, Ms Kaur stated that you can purchase the Green Pan from the following places
Target Stores
Crate & Barrell
Bed, Bath and Beyond
Chef's Catalog
I went to the web sites of each of these companies and found that they do indeed offer Green Pans for sale, but none of them carry a complete set of pans or they only carry one type of pans like sauté pans or frying pans. So if you are seriously interested in purchasing a complete set of cookware or bake ware you will need to go the Home Shopping Network and purchase them.


I have written an email to a Ms. Valarie Kagan of GreenPan Inc. to see if she would send me a price list of all the Green Pan lines as well if it is possible to purchase from the manufacturer. I’ll keep you all posted in a later blog.


I went to my first farmer’s market of the season this past weekend. On Friday night, Connie and I went to the Trader’s Point Farmers Market located at the Trader’s Point Creamery in Zionsville. If you have never tried any of Trader’s Point products, you are missing out on the wonderful dairy products. All of there cows are grass fed. They do not get any grains and all of the milk is grass fed milk. Trader’s Point produces, milk, chocolate milk (The best in my humble opinion), yogurt, cheeses and ice cream. If you are trying their products, I know they are sold at Marsh, O’Malia’s and at their shop at the creamery. For an excursion they offer tours of their creamery and it is worth the trip.


Anyway, back to the farmer’s market. We walked around to see what was being offered. It was well represented and we made some wonderful purchases. We bought Swiss chard, Arugula, Spring Onions, assorted lettuces and strawberries. The produce was fresh and smelled wonderful. The highlight of the market, for me, was our purchase of grass fed rib eye steaks and grass fed lamb fennel sausage. Grass fed beef is leaner than grain fed beef and has less moisture than supermarket steaks. Therefore grass fed beef requires a marinade to keep the meat from becoming too dry when cooking. I am looking forward to grilling these in the not to distant future.


On Saturday morning we cut up the strawberries and served them on a slice of pound cake with some crème fraiche that we purchased from Trader’s Point and it was such a wonderful breakfast. We went to another market located at the YMCA parking lot on Fort Harrison and bought more strawberries and some asparagus. The asparagus was large and freshly picked and the strawberries were bright red and picked that morning.


For lunch that day, I fried some of the lamb sausage into patties, roasted the asparagus and spring onions, and made a fresh batch of romesco sauce. We served the meal with a loaf of fresh Tuscan bread along with some home made mint iced tea. Dipping the vegetables in the romesco sauce and then placing in the mouth reminded me of being in Spain. I love this time of the year with all the fresh vegetables and the flavors that explode in ones mouth. So go to your local farmer’s market and enjoy all of the spring vegetables and flowers.


This week’s winner for which recipe you want was the Spicy Pork Stew. So here it is.


SPICY PORK STEW


Ingredients:
2 lb lean pork, cubed
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 large onion, chopped
6 to 8 New Mexican green chilies, roasted and peeled, seeds and stems removed, chopped
1 large potato, peeled and diced
2 tomatoes, peeled and diced
3 cups water


Steps:
1. In a Dutch oven, Brown pork in oil
2. Add onion and garlic and sauté for 3 minutes
3. Add remaining ingredients to Dutch oven, cover and simmer for 1 ½ to 2 hours or until meat is very tender


Please don’t forget to vote is this week’s recipe choice question. If any of you know where there are great farmer’s markets or produce stands, let me know and you just may show up in this blog. Till next week, eat well and healthy!

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