21 Acres

Ok, back after a long long hiatus! The last several weeks have been crazy busy, but now everything that I might've wanted to write about is so yesterday! :)

But it is never too late to make a plug for 21 Acres - a center that promotes local, sustainable food. We went to a community dinner there a couple of weekends ago and it was simply fabulous. It was a perfect summer evening, and we even got to watch the hot air balloons take off over Woodinville.


Before dinner, we got a chance to walk around the farmlands and check out the model of the new buildings and the living roof. And, for the first time ever, we saw a hop plant - didn't smell hoppy at all.


The menu was really simple - a variety of salad greens (including some spicy arugula, yum!) tossed with a light vinaigrette, a slew of roasted vegetables, pizzas topped with veggies from the farm - they brought in a giant portable brick oven for firing these - *so* good!

And then, it got even better! Dessert was the biggest and juiciest blackberries and blueberries we've ever come across. Yum!