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PCFG Cooking Demonstration at the Long Island Garlic Festival!
As mentioned, the two of us will be at the Long Island Garlic Festival, this year! After going last year as consumers, we decided going as vendors this year would be a great opportunity to share some of our yummy food with everybody. In case you’re wondering, here’s what’s on the menu:
Garlic Infused Popcorn – Good old-fashioned popcorn cooked in and with garlic and garlic spices. Has a light garlic flavor, and slight saltiness to it, and is perfect for snacking.
Garlic Lemonade – So much better than it sounds in your head. The cooking process cooks the flavors together, making for its own unique taste, instead of just tasting like garlicky lemonade.
Garlic Naan Flatbread (only available at PCFG Cooking Demo) – Traditional Indian flatbread with a garlic paste kneaded directly into the dough before grilling. If you’ve ever had naan, you can imagine how good this is.
Smoothie Sunday: Avocado Mango Smoothie
As has been mentioned before here, I’m a big fan of avocados. They’re good for you, and taste yummy. That being said, I don’t usually eat avocados for breakfast. But smoothie Sunday seemed like a good chance to change that. I added mango as a second flavor, since avocado and mango are paired in things like salsas and burritos. The tang/acid of the mango helps cut through the creaminess of the avocado. Since it’s so creamy I used the avocado like how I use the yogurt in most of my smoothies.
What you’ll need
Quick Recipe: Homemade Fried Mac ‘n’ Cheese Bites
Of all the ridiculous “hey let’s fry that!” foods that popped up over the past decade or two, mac ‘n’ cheese bites is my favorite. They have the cheesy, creamy goodness of macaroni and cheese, but self-contained in a nice crunchy package. The salt in the batter and as a garnish brings out that cheese flavor even more so.
Obviously this does require some prep in advance. Give yourself an hour since these need to sit in the fridge to firm up for that long. OR if you want to be crafty, make a bunch of mac ‘n’ cheese ahead of time, stick it in the fridge, and enjoy these whenever you want at a later time! The longest part is making the original macaroni and cooling it together, so if you already have it congealed in your refrigerator, you can pop ’em out and cook up a batch in like 10 minutes flat!
Come See PCFG at the Long Island Garlic Festival!
So remember our mentioning of the Long Island Garlic Festival last Fall? Well, after teasing it a week or so ago, we’re pleased to announce that for the first time ever, both Meg A. and I will be attending that very same Long Island Garlic Festival this year! Come join us at Garden of Eve in Riverhead on September 20th! There, we’ll be selling garlic-infused popcorn and garlic-ade. Don’t judge a book by its cover (or its odor), they’re both delicious.
But wait, that’s not all! In addition to selling those yummy foods, there’s a total main event for us! Meg and I will be giving a live cooking demonstration at the festival, complete with free samples! We’ll be cooking up garlic naan bread, as well as garlic fried rice! Maybe even garlic cookies! Who the hell knows!
Admission is $3 per person, sold at the farm grounds of Garden of Eve in Riverhead, NY. The festival runs all day from 10am until 6pm and parking is free! If you live here, or will be in the New York/Long Island area, please come check it out and support us! For more information, visit http://www.gardenofevefarm.com/garlic-festival.htm
Thanks! Hope to see you all there!
Smoothie Sunday: Cantaloupe Smoothie
Fun fact: many of the melons that we commonly call cantaloupes in America aren’t actually cantaloupes. They’re muskmelons. It’s one of those situations where all cantaloupes are muskmelons, but not all muskmelons are cantaloupes. It’s confusing. But whatever the case, the orange melon we eat in the summertime is yummy. So I decided to make a smoothie out of it.
What you’ll need
The Poor Couple's Food Guide 
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