I've been looking forward to this. Terra Madre Day, Slow Food's annual celebration of Mother Earth and the good, clean, fair food she provides is today and I needed no more reason to get the kids in the kitchen to help me with meal prep. We had fun.
Paige (8) helped me with photography and both she and Cam (4) enjoyed helping with the hands-on steps for putting a meal together that consisted of Erbcroft Farms naturally-raised, free-range chicken, cauliflower from Your Local Market Co-op, and organic romanesco and fingerling potatoes from Soiled Reputation.
Proud to say, Luann and Tim Erb of Erbcroft Farms and Antony John and Tina Vandenheuvel of Soiled Reputation are all members of Slow Food Perth County and vendors at our year-round Sunday Market.
Between Paige and me, we took lots of pics, so I'm going to let them do the talking and keep the words to a minimum.
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| Rosemary's still looking good in the back yard. Perfect aromatic for our roast chicken. |
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Ingredients for our Terra Madre Day meal. |
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| Paige preps aromatics for chicken - lemon, local garlic & rosemary. |
Cam and I stuff aromatics "up chicken's butt".
The kids help me season the chicken - just olive oil, salt and pepper.
The chicken is trussed and put in the oven. High heat, uncovered for 15 minutes, then covered with foil and roasted at 350 degrees F for 1.5 hours. Then uncovered again and basted until golden brown - about 15 minutes longer.
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Paige preps romanesco and cauliflower for roasting. |
Veg was tossed with olive oil, fresh-ground nutmeg, and salt & pepper.
Of all the pictures Paige too, this close-up of the veg was her fave.
It had a lot of "pizazz".
It had a lot of "pizazz".
Cute little chubby 4-year-old hands help toss fingerling potatoes with olive oil, salt & pepper.
Roasted veg & potatoes are steaming, soft and caramelized.
Sitting down as a family to enjoy our Terra Madre Day meal - kids seem to enjoy a meal more when they've had a hand in making it. ;)
HAPPY TERRA MADRE DAY, EVERYONE!
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