The Real Thing

Farro and Spinach Salad with Pickled Red Onions, and Oranges

The spinach everyone got in their CSA this week is beautiful. There's no other way to describe it. It's nothing at all like the spinach you buy in stores- that weird, identically-shaped, tasteless stuff. This is hearty, deep....it has a bite to it, it actually tastes like something. You might want to just keep it raw and make a quick salad out of it- cherish the stuff because you can't buy this flavor!

Green Tomatoes

Green tomatoes don't have a lot of flavor if you bite into one raw. It's kind of like eating a peach before it's ripe...it's hard, it lacks flavor, its a little bitter and disappointing. Once you cook them, they have a sweet flavor and if "gardeny" was an adjective..that's how I'd describe it. It's fresh and tastes like how walking through a row of tomato plants smells.

Here, I've made Charred Green Tomato Salsa to throw on top of some delicious Tequila Braised Pulled Pork Tacos. Be careful...It's a little spicy- cut down the chipotles in the braise if you want to temper the heat. Make sure you have a margarita or a mojito nearby when you take the first bite.

Rub your pork...

Bring in the tequila...

Get your 6 hr braise started...

Char the matoes!

Make the salsa, grab a drink, and assemble a taco!

SOOOOO GOOD!