{"id":1964,"date":"2014-04-02T15:59:56","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T19:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountainwise.org\/?p=1964"},"modified":"2014-04-03T15:05:13","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T19:05:13","slug":"spring-farmers-market-recipe-pasta-garlic-scape-pesto-fresh-peas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainwise.org\/es\/spring-farmers-market-recipe-pasta-garlic-scape-pesto-fresh-peas\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Farmer’s Market Recipe: Pasta with Garlic Scape Pesto and Fresh Peas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"spring<\/a>With warmer weather upon us, we are getting excited about the opening of our Farmer\u2019s Markets. Shopping at local Farmer\u2019s Markets offers many benefits. It strengthens our local economy; provides a greater variety of fresh, ripe seasonal foods that taste better and are nutrient-dense; provides an opportunity to get to know your neighboring farmer and ask questions; and it is better for the environment since local foods don\u2019t need to be transported from far-away places.<\/p>\n

With a mountain culture rich in self-reliance and independence, our local farmers know how to grow tasty, healthy foods.\u00a0 Markets are opening soon. Be sure to stop by and check out the local produce, meet the farmers and ask questions. Below is a recipe that takes advantage of just a few of spring\u2019s veggies. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Pasta with Garlic Scape Pesto and Fresh Peas<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Ingredients:<\/p>\n

1 cup finely chopped garlic scapes (or 2\/3 cup finely chopped chives, plus 2 to 3 cloves of finely chopped garlic)<\/p>\n

1\/3 cup olive oil<\/p>\n

1\/3 cup roasted hazelnuts<\/p>\n

kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste<\/p>\n

\u00bd pound snap peas<\/p>\n

1 cup peas<\/p>\n

4 tablespoons finely grated parmesan<\/p>\n

\u00bc cup mint leaves<\/p>\n

1 pound spaghetti<\/p>\n

Make the pesto: puree the garlic scapes, hazelnuts, \u00bd teaspoon salt, and \u00bc teaspoon pepper in a food processor until finely chopped.\u00a0\u00a0 With the motor running, slowly add the oil.\u00a0 Season the pesto with additional salt and pepper to taste.<\/p>\n

In a large pot of heavily salted boiling water, cook the spaghetti until al dente adding the snap peas and peas during the last minute of cooking.\u00a0 Reserve 1 cup of the pasta cooking water, then drain the pasta.\u00a0 Whisk together 2\/3 cup of the pesto and the reserved pasta water and toss with the pasta.\u00a0 To serve sprinkle with the parmesan and mint leaves.<\/p>\n

Recipe: scalingbackblog.com<\/a><\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With warmer weather upon us, we are getting excited about the opening of our Farmer\u2019s Markets. Shopping at local Farmer\u2019s Markets offers many benefits. It strengthens our local economy; provides a greater variety of fresh, ripe seasonal foods that taste better and are nutrient-dense; provides an opportunity to get to know your neighboring farmer and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38,59,10,53,94,36,6],"tags":[14,106,164,165,162,163],"class_list":["post-1964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cherokee-county","category-clay-county","category-haywood-county","category-macon-county","category-recipe","category-transylvania-county","category-wnc-local-info","tag-farmers-market","tag-local-food","tag-pasta","tag-peas","tag-recipe-2","tag-spring"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainwise.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainwise.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainwise.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainwise.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainwise.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1964"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mountainwise.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1977,"href":"https:\/\/mountainwise.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964\/revisions\/1977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainwise.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainwise.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainwise.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}