The absolute best place for fresh gluten free or allergen free food is not the grocery store. We're blessed to have three abundant spaces of land to fill with organically grown produce thanks to Yan's amazing mom. Shes's been lending her green thumb all summer long to a plot of land at a family member's place just outside the city. I swear this produce is even more crisp and fresh than the clean air out here. How a processed gluten free snack could ever measure up to this organic feast is beyond me. Going back to the roots of nutrition is really what being gluten free and food allergic should be all about.
Y's mother taught us the ins and outs of planting and harvesting as we caked our gloves with dark fertile mud and yielded vibrant veggies and greens to boot. Everything in this garden is on my good list; no gluten, soy, legumes, and obviously no peanuts. For once I'm surrounded by food that I can eat instead of the other way around. All winter long, we'll still be indulging in this feast as we plan to freeze what we can't eat quickly enough right now.
Fresh summer squash, green bell peppers, the mighty Kale, red potatoes, yellow onions, rainbow carrots, rainbow chard, firey red tomatoes, fresh dill, round heads of cabbage, and spicy chiles are just a fraction of the goods we harvested this weekend and I can't wait to gather more next weekend.
We immediately retured from the country garden and slowly simmered a curried cabbage soup over the stove, which was a warming treat after helping with the family move earlier in the day. All our warms thanks to Jim and Sveta for the extra garden space again this summer.
Y, his cousin and I loved all the green goodness!
With all this harvest, gluten free and more is easy as can be.
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What a wonderful garden! Nothing beats fresh produce, whenever we harvest vegetables from our garden I can't believe how much better they taste!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely wonderful and you couldn't be more right. The best answer to food allergies and intolerances is to move away from the store and toward the garden, or at least the farm market. Sounds like you've got a great guide. Wish Yan's Mom could come and tell me what to do in my garden. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments everyone! There's really no contest when it comes to taste and nutrition---both are wayy better when it's fresh! Maybe more kids would be willing to eat their veggies if they tasted the bold tastes straight from the source instead of overheated bland and wilting veggies? ;)
ReplyDeleteThank you! It's so so true! Can't be beat =)
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Growing up on grey string beans didn't do much for my veggie willingness.
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