Fiddleheads

Last night we went over to our friends for dinner. It was a great meal with some nice surprises including fresh from Ontario fiddleheads!

We started with a mixed green salad with cherry tomatoes and sunflower sprouts and then moved on to the main course which was beautifully served. Tilapia on a bed of steamed kale and fiddleheads on top of quinoa! Now as most of you know quinoa and kale our staples in our house but the fiddleheads were a great surprise and a good reminder to try things out of the hum drum routine.

Fiddleheads have a short harvest season - approximately 3 weeks in Spring. They are part of traditional diets in Asia and Australia and New Zealand. Fiddleheads are actually ferns. They can be used in any way similar to other hard green veggies like asparagus and broccoli. Here are some ideas:

http://fresh-fiddleheads.com/