Here’s a simple formula to turn your garden beds into dinner:
1. Start with a base
- Homemade chicken stock
- Bone broth
- Vegetable broth (save your carrot tops, leek ends, onion skins!)
2. Add aromatics
- Leeks
- Garlic
- Onions
- Fennel
Sauté until fragrant.
3. Add the hearty garden veg
- Carrots
- Turnips
- Beet stems
- Cabbage
- Potatoes or beans if you want body
4. Add the delicate greens at the end
- Chard leaves
- Spinach
- Arugula
- Thin-sliced kale
5. Brighten it
- Lemon juice
- Parsley, dill, cilantro
- Olive oil
- Cracked pepper
This is the most ancient meal on Earth — and still one of the best.