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Local Food Hero - 02.09.08

January 14, 2008

This Week’s Radio

Local Food Hero — AM 950 KTNF — The Voice of Minnesota
1:00, February 09, 2008

What’s in the Pot: Brenda Langton, award winning chef and restauranteur.
Cafe Brenda www.cafebrenda.com
Spoonriver www.spoonriverrestaurant.com
Mill City Farmer Market www.millcityfarmersmarket.com

Featured recipe from Brenda featured in our very own soon to be released
Minnesota Homegrown Cookbook:

Veggie Burgers

3 cups peanuts, roasted and coarsely chopped

3 cups sesame seeds, roasted and finely ground

3 cups sunflower seeds, roasted and coarsely chopped

2 cans navy beans, pureed separately

5 ribs celery, minced

2 large onions, minced

3 large carrots, minced

2 heads garlic, minced

2 tablespoons olive oil

3 teaspoons mixed fresh or dried herbs (e.g., sage, basil, thyme)

ancho powder

black pepper, ground

8 cups cooked brown rice, blended until sticky

or 4 cups rice cooked in 7 cups water, blended

1/3 cup tamari

4 tablespoons tomato paste

2 tablespoons paprika

2 tablespoons fresh herbs, chopped

salt to taste

6-8 eggs

1- 2 cups of matzo meal

Saute minced vegetables in olive oil. Thoroughly mix vegetables with remaining ingredients, except eggs and matzo flour. Divide mixture into sixths/eighths, place into plastic bags, and freeze. After thawing an individual bag of mixture, blend in one beaten egg and 1/4 cup of matzo meal. Form mixture into 3 - 4 oz. patties.

National Spotlight: Rob Marqusee, Director of Rural Economic Development in Woodbury County Iowa. www.woodburyorganics.com

Garden of Readin’: A Taste of Murphin Ridge Inn. www.murphinridgeinn.com

Outstanding In Their Field: Dave and Florence Minar of Cedar Summit Dairy www.cedarsummit.com

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Entry Filed under: broadcasts, farms, recipes. Tags: Brenda Langton, Cafe Brenda, Cedar Summit, Dave Minar, food, Local, Local Food Hero, Mill City Farmers' Market, Minnesota Homegrown Cookbook, Murphin Ridge Inn, Rob Marqusee, Spoonriver.

1 Comment Add your own

1. localfoodhero | February 11, 2008 at 3:48 am

If you missed this broadcast, we will be adding the podcast to this site just as soon as we finish it! If you did catch the show… thanks for listening. Drop Lindsay or myself a note at localfoodhero@gmail.com and let us know what you think, or tell us what you would like to hear about on a future show.

Thanks,
Brett

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