By Melanie Albert, Founder & CEO Experience Nutrition, Intuitive Cooking Expert, and Award-Winning Cookbook Author

This week’s intuitive culinary creation was inspired by beautiful Winter Veggies from The Farm at South Mountain Soil & Seed Garden CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). The Farm, a local urban farm in Phoenix, Arizona, is a few minutes walk from my home and I enjoy the simple beauty of The Farm, along with the beautiful produce grown on the property.

As much as I love roasted root veggies, we can enjoy raw roots (like radishes, beets, and kohlrabi) and a quick arugula salad to elevate simple olive tapenade appetizer.

Let’s take a look at the Winter beauty of The Soil & Seed Garden, passionately farmed by urban farmer Billy Anthony.

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The Farm at South Mountain, Phoenix, Arizona, Winter 2019


The Greens, Purples and Citrus in this week’s Winter CSA from the Soil & Seed Garden at The Farm at South Mountain.

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The Farm at South Mountain Soil & Seed Garden Winter CSA: Greens, Purples, and Citrus.

And, the beauty of the purple kohlrabi growing at the Soil & Seed Garden.

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The Farm at South Mountain Purple Kohlrabi.

Olives and Tomato Tapenade Recipe

Sun-dried or dehydrated tomato and olive spread is a tasty topping for farmers’ market fresh raw veggies.

SIMPLE INGREDIENTS

  • 1-2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 ½ cups Kalamata olives, pitted
  • ½ cup sun-dried or dehydrated tomatoes, soaked in water (Used previously dehydrated Campari tomatoes from McClendon Select Farm in Arizona)
  • 2-3 green onions, sliced (I’itoi’s onions)
  • 2 tbsp capers
  • 2 tbsp fresh parsley (Blue Sky Organic Farms)
  • 2-3 tbsp olive oil, as needed (Chris Bianco, Pane Bianco Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil)
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Mise en Place: Olive Tomato Tapenade

 

SIMPLE STEPS

  • Gather your mise en place.
  • Roughly chop the sun-dried or dehydrated tomatoes; drain oil, if needed.
  • Mince garlic.
  • Add garlic and olives to food processor and pulse until fine, not paste-like.
  • Remove olive and garlic mixture from the food processor.
  • Place sun-dried or dehydrated tomatoes in food processor and process until fine.
  • Add capers and parsley and pulse a few times.
  • Mix olive/garlic mixture with sun-dried tomatoes/capers/parsley mixture with a fork.

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  • Add olive oil until you reach desired consistency.
  • Fold in green onions.
  • Enjoy the tapenade on veggies or raw crackers.
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Olive Tomato Tapenade



Quick Marinated Root Veggies Recipe

With fresh veggies, a little olive oil, salt, and fresh herbs, create a beautiful olive tapenade appetizer.

SIMPLE INGREDIENTS

  • 3-5 red or purple radishes
  • 1 purple kohlrabi
  • 1 purple daikon radish
  • 2 cups arugula
  • 1-2 tbsp olive oil (Chris Bianco / Pane Bianco Italian Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil)
  • 1-2 green onions (I’Itoi Onions)…sharp peppery flavor
  • 1 spring fresh dill (Blue Sky Organic Farms)
  • Pinch sea salt
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Soil & Seed Garden: Radishes, Purple Daikon, Purple Kohlrabi, I’itoi Onions, Wild Arugula.

SIMPLE STEPS

  • Thinly slice radishes and kohlrabi with a mandoline.
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Thinly slice radishes with a mandoline.

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The beauty of Red Radishes, Purple Daikon & Purple Kohlrabi.

  • Spread the veggies flat on unbleached parchment paper.
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One view of mindfulness in the kitchen.

 

  • Gently spread a drop of olive oil on each veggie.
  • Sprinkle a few grains of sea salt onto each veggie.
  • Sprinkle onions and dill onto the veggies.
  • Let the veggies marinade for about 15 minutes.
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In awe of the marinating veggies.

 

  • Plate tapenade with the veggies.
  • Enjoy with arugula tossed in a simple salad dressing (lemon, olive oil, sea salt)

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A look at the final Tapenade &  Marinated Veggies

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Olive Tomato Tapenade. We eat with our eyes first.

Enjoy the Olive Tapenade, Marinated Veggies, Wild Arugula.

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The Soil & Seed Garden Arugula. Tapenade. Marinated Veggies.



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