harvest time!

well, considering that i've been pregnant most of the year, i think my punk rock garden turned out okay. i didn't invest much energy into it, and by not much i mean hardly at all. in indiana it was an unseasonably cool and wet summer. i believe i broke even. pictured above are cherokee purple tomatoes, orange tomatoes, garden peaches-(they're the small round yellow ones that taste kind of like a tomato peach hybrid) and a ton of yellow pear tomatoes. my first batch of green peppers were okay, but the second crop that have come in have been awfully gnarly-(and not in a good way). i lost my cabbage to loopers and i made the mistake of sewing lettuce seeds near my tomatoes--they require different nutrients. oops. on a positive note, i've made 4 batches of raw salsa in the past couple of weeks, and very little has gone to waste.

here's the aforementioned salsa and on top of a glorious mountain of my southwest scramble. hash browns topped with the amazing cheez sauce from the previous post.

jen's southwest scramble

• 1 package firm tofu in a carton
• 1/3 c. nooch
• 2T yellow mustard
• 1/4 c. corn
• 1/4 c. black beans
• 2T chopped pimentoes
• 1/2 t cumin
• 1/2 ground coriander
• 1/2 turmeric
• 1/4 c. chopped onion
• 1 clove of minced garlic-(more if you want, i tend to not be garlic-centric this pregnancy)
• dashes of bragg's
• dashes of frank's red hot

saute garlic and onion in a T or two of your favorite oil. make sure your tofu is pressed well. i press mine between two plates with a 5 lb hand weight on top, dumping the water every 10 minutes. if you're pressed for time-(pun intended) you can gently squeeze with your hands, but make sure that tofu has most of the water out of it. it really makes a difference with the scramble.

with some clean hands, mush it well in a bowl-(to the consistency of ricotta cheese) and add all the other ingredients. place in the frying pan with the onions and garlic and cook over med. heat. i like to cook mine for a while until it gets a little brown and crispy. top with fresh salsa and serve with some home fries.

upcoming posts: i've been crunkin' it up in the kitchen for bianca. i'll have not one, not two, but three posts dedicated to her recipes this week!