Here we have some nut-crusted fried tofu over a bed of swiss chard pasta. The salad is topped with red onion and plum, all from our local farmer's market and community-supported-agriculture (CSA) box.
Boiled collard greens stuffed with goat cheese then seared, served with quinoa (pronounced "keen-wah" ) and stuffed mushrooms. I used quinoa and minced collards in the mushroom filling, along with the mushroom stems, shallots, and chopped hazelnuts. Accompanied with a Charles Shaw shiraz (2006, I believe).
The stuffed collards were inspired by an appetizer we experienced at Los Danzantes in Oaxaca City.