Scapes=Summer

Teddy and I would like to apologize for a mistake in yesterday's recipe. I said that I added bok choy to the salad recipe. Brain cloud! It was actually napa cabbage. Teddy recognized my mistake but couldn't tell me because she does not talk. Which sometimes stymies me because she sure communicates very well.


Do you eat garlic scapes?


They are one of my families favorite summer treats. They usually appear right about the time of summer solstice around here.


I have friends that grow garlic and used to cut these and throw them in the compost pile. Now they give them to me so between my own and the ones they give me, I have plenty for a short period of time.

You can do lots of things with them...make pesto, bake them in bread, use them any way you would use garlic. We LOVE them in omelets though because their flavor is at it's best with eggs and butter. Just melt some butter in a non stick pan.


Chop the scapes and add them to the butter.


Sprinkle them with some freshly cracked pepper and sea salt. Saute them for a minute or two.


Crack a bunch of eggs in a bowl.


Beat them until combined.


Pour the eggs over the scapes.


I push the scapes around to spread them out because they tend to clump together.


Cook over medium heat and gently lift the edges to allow the liquid eggs to flow underneath the cooked eggs. Keep doing this until there is no more flowing egg mixture.


Fold the sides over towards the middle.


FYI...I used non stick pans for years and never found one I liked. Even my non stick All-clad pan was a disappointment. It also took me years to find out you should never use non stick cooking spray on these pans because it breaks down the finish. I finally found the pan of my dreams. The Scanpan. They come with their own little potholders too. I highly recommend these pans.


The finished omelet.


Just in time for my daughter's breakfast.


Served with bread straight from the oven.


I just can't get enough of the rosemary no knead bread I showed you last week.


I mean, look at this loaf. And the smell is to die for.



I am doubling the recipe each time I make it so it is a much higher loaf.


**We have just crossed over the hump! Summer Solstice is behind us. The countdown is on! Each day will now become shorter and the darkness will start to come back to us. Fall is on the way!!! Yahoo!!!!


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