Edible Memoir

I am unapologetically, stubbornly enamored with the color GREEN. I love to wear the color, (I recently learned that universally, green-eyeshadow enhances every eye color, who knew). I love to decorate with the color, I have quite an assortment of verdant-ish furnishings. I love that I live in the literal Emerald City, be it green aesthetically and environmentally conscience. I love to eat anything viridescent. And in all fairness, I was green when I stepped into my kitchen.

In honor of earth day and of the land we live on that was not, still is not, and will never be ours. I want to acknowledge that this was and still is Duwamish land, this land that continues to house me, feed me, and allows me to grow.

This isn’t so much a recipe or even an attempt at a recipe, more an ode to the color green in all its vegetal magnificence.

In my day, which I suppose would be one of the days of the last year that was the advent of my kitchen adventure, I have read some recipes that are downright inexcusably neglectful of the green element. The most ubiquitous of natural color occurrences, greens oddly get overlooked or purposefully excluded in the home-recipe game. My bored friend, Sir Green, wants permission to exit stage left, your salad bowl, and asks to headline your next meal. As you prepare your upcoming plate, consider adding some spinach, throw in some peas, or utilize those asparagus that are officially in season now.

I will use this post to continue adding recipes that I chucked in a green element or that I love the already existing usage of greens, however, this list will not include the never-ending addition of herbaceous greens nor any of the noble non-green vegetables that carry all of my dishes. The list will, hopefully, keep growing and will be constantly edited to create an homage to greens everywhere.

Green Recipes:

• Broccolini, broccoli, and asparagus in Lemon Seafood Pasta
• Arugula in a Fried Chicken Sandwich found in Part Three – Buttermilk Fried Chicken Sandwich
• Spinach & Peas in Fried Rice
• Peas in a Paella found in Casi, Paella Valencia
• Asparagus & Spinach as a part of an Eggs Benedict found in Breakfast fit for a Monarch

Life Update: I recently committed. Committed to aid in the growth of a living thing, (other than my dog), dedicated my time to the continued care from infancy to future fecundity, and promised to respect the entirety of its usefulness in my craft. I bought some plants. Herbs to be more specific, obviously I couldn’t be more on brand with all my herbaceous greens. It became way past time that my love of foliage evolved into a direct, symbiotic relationship. Thoughts and recommendations are welcome as I enter this new stage of life, Planthood.