In the spirit of harvest season, Farmer Potter assembled one of our favs recently using our freshest ingredients from both the greenhouse and raised outdoor beds.
Plus, we scored a special ingredient from another local grower. Can you guess the nice addition to our Stuffed Pepper dish? None other than a big oyster mushroom from Mountain Valley Mushrooms in Driggs (couldn’t find a website for them).
An oyster mushroom is a nice meaty, tender, tasty fungi with a mellow, mild flavor. It’s wavy, scalloped edges are pretty cool too. It certainly doesn’t taste like an oyster. ew.
A lovely specimen - an Oyster mushroom from Mountain Valley Mushrooms in Driggs
Yellow and red bell peppers from Potter's Garden are prime for stuffin'. Here we also have spinach, basil, shallots, oregano, oyster mushrooms, corn and red onion.
Step 1: Ready for the saute pan - onion, corn, shallot, mushroom and butter. Farmer Potter also added some italian sausage for an extra meaty experience.
Step 2: In a bowl mix cooked quinoa, spinach, basil, parmesan and diced roasted serranos.
Step 3: After 5-10 minutes in the saute pan, mix your bowl ingredients with the sauteed ingredients and you're ready to stuff these babies like a Thanksgiving turkey. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until the skin of the peppers look blistery and brown.
A Stuffed Pepper is a fun, healthy meal. Come up with your own interpretation and let us know how it goes. Unfortunately the final dish photo isn't in focus - but the plate behind it sure is. Ugh. Maybe the photographer had one too many glasses of wine while helping prepare this dish. Bad, Harvest Money, bad.
Jud said,
October 18, 2010 @ 4:16 am
YYYYYYYYYYUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!! A little snow early this last week. Fortunately just a teaser, but Winter is coming to Russia.
sage Hibberd said,
November 5, 2010 @ 5:27 pm
Hello Potters,
I am the designer for Teton Family Magazine. Our editor Sue Muncaster has picked your blog to feature in our “local blogs” section of Mountain Style. Do you have any high res photos of yourselves in your garden that we could use for illustration purposes. They would need to be at least 1 mg.
thanks.
sage hibberd
Lolo said,
October 18, 2010 @ 1:32 pm
Come visit me and you will be converted on the deliciousness of oysters in no time!!! Your peppers are inspiring.