a beautiful morning in Chatham County and our kitchen is busy busy making up some fun finger food for a friend’s birthday. This is a true locavore … and the food reflects it! Yesterday I picked up bread from the awesome Abraham at Box Turtle Bakery. Usually I find his breads at the Carrboro farmers market – but yesterday I got to go to his bakery in the back of his home. His home is as cool as he is! Tucked in a fabulous neighborhood called “Arcadia Cohousing”. What makes Abraham so cool? He uses grains grown by Murray Cohen at Cohen Farm and Bobby Tucker at Okfuskee farm and produces amazing bread with texture, aroma and excellent taste. It’s worth getting off your duff and checking this baker out some Saturday morning at Carrboro Farmers market!
$5 SPECIAL a cup lentil soup with 1 cheese pie and 1 spinach pie
Sweet Potato Shepards Pie this recipe is putting us on the map! a layer of Cohen Farm ground beef, Lilly Den hot sausage and pork shoulder, Johns secret spices and plenty of roasted green chiles. All topped with mashed local sweet potatoes! $8 add a side salad $3
Chile Shack John’s SPICY lasagna – John has been asking for lasagna for awhile, and when we found ourselves with the noodles and of course the best meat out there – he reminded me it’ time to make lasagna. So Cohen farm beef, a little Lilly Den hot sausage and John’s spicy touch … mixed with some ricotta, parmesan and mozzarella. $7
Slow Roasted Beef Shoulder Pita Sandwich– Smith Angus Farm beef shoulder roasted with Johns secret spice blend and Screech Owl tomatoes and chiles. Served on a grilled pita bread with your choice of three toppings $8
RICE BOWL – our brown rice topped with your choice or any or all of the following: ($6.75 veg only $8 with meat) all our rice toppings are gluten free
- Green Chile Beef Stew Smith Angus Farm stew beef, Screech Owl hot green chiles, homemade beef broth, lots of veggies.
- Lentils Lentils, turmeric, carrots and a good dose of garlic. Add to any dish!
- Braised Collards the last of Wilbur’s collards cooked up with carrots and tomato
- Slow Roasted Beef shoulder melt on your mouth Smith Angus Farm beef shoulder
SOUPS SOUPS SOUPS
Lentil Soup A soup full of carrots, garlic and turmeric $3.25
Green Chile Beef Stew our green chile stew made using homemade beef broth, Screech Owl green chiles, Smith Angus stew beef and lots of veggies ($4.75)
Greek Chicken Soup a fresh batch of our homemade chicken broth and orzo soup finished with fresh lemon juice and local eggs ($3.75)
Desserts!
Joan Thompsons Delicious Cookies cookies $0.65 ea or 2 for $1
Katies Excellent Cheesecake mmmmm good! a New Yorker came in the other day and declared this was his favorite piece of cheesecake! $3.50 slice
Abis GLUTEN FREE goodies todays GF goodies include chocolate chip cookies, GF Brownies 2 cookies $1 brownie $1.50 1lb granola $6
Amazing Apple Cake – Judy Hogans recipe, Okfuskee Farm grown and milled rye flour!, Judy Hogans eggs, homeland creamery butter and a good dose of walnuts, currants, raisins and golden raisins this is one of the healthiest delicious cakes around and chock full of Chatham County goodness! $2.50 slice $12 cake
Olive Oil Brownies! dark chocolate, milk chocolate and olive oil whats not to luv? ($1.50)
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