I had yet another tough week of finding the produce for this week’s Fresh Produce Tuesday.  I looked high and low for garlic scapes at several stores, but came up empty-handed.  Thank you so much to Georgianne Mora from A Cooking Life for letting me use the lovely picture above.

I originally had just scheduled garlic scape recipes for this week of Fresh Produce Tuesday, but last week Tracey from A2ZMommy and What’s In Between asked for suggestions for spring garlic that she saw in the store.  Spring garlic (also known as green garlic), is young garlic that is pulled to thin out the garlic crops, while garlic scopes are the curling, flowering stalks that are cut off the garlic plant.  I can’t wait for the farmers’ markets to get going around here so I can start making some of these recipes:

• Double Garlic Soup from the New York Times
• Garlic Scape Carbonara from Sarah’s Cucina Bella
• Garlic Scape Pesto from In The Kitchen and On The Road with Dorie
• Garlic Scape, Ricotta, and Za’atar Pizza from Herbivoracious
• Green Garlic and Leek Risotto from About.com Local Foods
• Hummus with Garlic Scapes from Simple Good and Tasty
• Pickled Garlic Scapes from Not Without Salt
• Spiced Chicken Wings with Green Garlic Aioli from The New York Times
• Spinach and Green Garlic Soup from Orangette
• Summer Succotash from Martha Stewart Living, August 2008
• White Bean & Garlic Scapes Dip from Zested

Time to link up your recipe featuring garlic scopes and green garlic!  Click on the blue link below to enter your Fresh Produce Tuesday recipe idea:

Here’s the current Fresh Produce Tuesday line-up.  And remember, the previous weeks’ Linky Tools are still open if you still want to submit your recipe for any of the past weeks.  Be sure to stop back next week with your Rhubarb recipes!

Week #1- March 27th: Asparagus
Week #2- April 3rd: Artichokes
Week #3- April 10th: Spring Onions
Week #4- April 17th: Peas
Week #5- April 24th: Garlic Scapes & Spring Garlic
Week #6- May 1st: Rhubarb
Week #7- May 8th: Fava Beans
Week  #8- May 15th: Radishes
Week #9- May 22nd: Lettuces