Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Quivira Bento

Living in Sonoma County sure has its benefits, like amazing producers committed to the land. I had the opportunity to interview the farm manager from Quivira Vineyards and Winery last night, Andrew Beedy. He was telling me about an event coming up at the winery on Sunday, November 7th celebrating the harvest and locally raised turkeys. I also interviewed a 4H youth grower, the leader of the 4H Sonoma County Heritage Turkey Project, and the leader of Slow Food Russian River. It was a packed studio! Andrew brought along some goodies from Quivira to showcase the amazing biodynamic farm there and the wonderful things they produce. I immediately started thinking about how to use them in a bento!

I decided to do something simple while I listened to the Giants game (!!) and cooked last night: frittata. So many possibilities! I used eggs, beet greens, and rainbow chard from Quivira to make this simple frittata. I also added a bit of Black Pig Meat Co bacon, because it's delicious, and topped it with cheese. I ate part of the frittata for dinner and saved the rest for today's bento. On top of the slices of frittata are a few nori flowers. There are slices of carrot and a sprig of parsley from Quivira as well. That parsley tastes AMAZING! I think I'll have to make some tabbouleh or salsa verde to really highlight its amazing flavor. There's a rice ball, a radish from Ridgeview Farms, grapes from De'Santis, pepper slices from The Patch, and an oak leaf shaped slice of pepperjack cheese.

It was nice to have this protein packed little bento so I can be fueled up for election night coverage. If there's still time where you live, GO VOTE!

9 comments:

  1. Love the autumn feel of this bento with the seems like falling leaves and flowers!

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  2. Thanks so much Kids Dream Work! The oak shaped cheese cut out is nice, I plan on using it a lot this fall. :)

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  3. Said it before and I'll say it again: you are SO lucky!! Reaping the rewards of living in the fertile and delicious Sonoma county. Wonderful of you to share your foodieventures too.... I REALLY want to get up there now. VERY VERY soooooon.....

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  4. sheri: TOTALLY! I'll give you a tour. :)

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  5. Hey, congratulations on the Food Ninja status award too! :D

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  6. I haven't had a frittata in a long time, your making me really hungry!!!

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  7. Thanks Kids Dream Work! Ohayobento: you should make a frittata, they are so easy!

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  8. Awesomely flavorful frittata FTW! And an edible celebration of the fall season...

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  9. Thanks bentobird! I am finally in the fall mood. :)

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