Where Food Comes From, Week 5

Dinner for December 3 - 9

Popcorn and Leftovers

Friend's Potluck

Sweet Potatoes with Meat Sauce

Hot and Sour Soup

Chili

Burritoes

Meatloaf

We brought Curried Sweet Potato Coconut Soup (recipe at the bottom) to the potluck so I included those ingredients.

Local

beef

lamb

pork

turkey stock

onion

green pepper

diced tomatoes

dried shiitake

pinto beans

garbanzo beans

refried beans

Salsa De Casa

tortillas (local company, flour is from ?)

*eggs

*garlic

*marinara

*carrots

Should Have Been Local

popcorn

potatoes

kidney beans

green onion

bread crumbs

tofu (a company makes it locally although I don't know where the soy comes from)

Not Local

cheddar cheese (Tillamook)

sweet potatoes (red and white)

coconut milk

black fungus

dried lily

bamboo shoots

Sriracha sauce

red wine vinegar

rice vinegar

olive oil

sesame oil

ginger

cornstarch

soy sauce

sugar

spices (salt, pepper, bay leaf, cumin, coriander, turmeric, cinnamon, curry powder, chili powder, white pepper)

Curried Sweet Potato Coconut Soup

saute - 1 lg onion, diced; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 1/4 c. ginger, minced; 2 T sesame oil

cook an additional minute after adding - 1 T curry powder, 1t cinnamon, 1 t turmeric, 1 t coriander, 1/2 cumin

mix in 1 1/2 lb. (about 2 large) cooked orange sweet potatoes

simmer after adding 1 qt. stock (vegetable or chicken)

add 1 can coconut milk and salt and pepper to taste