garden dinner

here is our first dinner that our garden has made an appearance in every dish! besides peppers and basil, everything has been taking its sweet time ripening up. that is the hardest part of waiting for all of our own food, patience. i don't have much of it. but i was psyched when we were able to have a little from our garden in every dish tonight.

first i made this really yummy broccoli dish from www.allrecipes.com, with our very own broccoli. i had a lot less broccoli then the recipe calls for so i made adjustments.

• 1 1/2 pounds fresh broccoli
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons white vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/3 cup chopped cashews

1. Place the broccoli into a large pot with about 1 inch of water in the bottom. Bring to a boil, and cook for 7 minutes, or until tender but still crisp. Drain, and arrange broccoli on a serving platter.
2. While the broccoli is cooking, melt the butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Mix in the brown sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, pepper and garlic. Bring to a boil, then remove from the heat. Mix in the cashews, and pour the sauce over the broccoli. Serve immediately.

then i made chicken keiv, so easy and quick! i had made the herb butter from our own herbs last week. i don't follow a recipe for this because its so basic.


lastly we had an amazing salad, using our own greens. we have butter crunch and red leaf here. billy added this amazing garlic tofu he prepared. it really didn't even need dressing.


i am just so thankful God meets our needs in the most basic ways. you plant, it grows and you are able to eat.