I have scraps. Yep. Every size, shape and material imaginable. Wood scraps, metal scraps, fabrics scraps, paper scraps. I have scraps of laminate, piping, wire and ribbon . . . and, of course, food scraps. Now, let me clarify this before y’all draw a big fat line through visit JoElle’s house; I don’t KEEP the food scraps like a do all my crafty scraps. No! Eww. . . gross! I mean, I would if I had a compost system set up but I don’t – so no.

Well. . .until last week.

It all started with Asian tacos & a baby bok choy butt.

Last week I made one of my favorite regular dinners, Asian Tacos! They are so easy and delicious. Just brown ground chicken with some chopped up green onions. When it’s cooked, add this AMAZING sauce.

While it simmers, wash some big romaine or butter lettuce leaves. Chop a few more green onions, a baby bok choy or two and coarsely grate a carrot. Slice some radishes really thin and quick-pickle them in equal parts lime juice and rice vinegar. To assemble – lay out your lettuce leaf, add the chicken, the veggies and the pickled radishes right down the middle of the leaf. Sprinkle with some cashew nuts and chopped cilantro. Eat like a taco. So Delish!

So while prepping this dish I was thinking about all the fun garden-y stuff I’ve been doing on the blog this spring. First the Oui Planters (P.S. – check out the really cool news about those at the bottom of this post) and then the beautiful Bloom Bombs. I was thinking how much fun it is to have unique ways to grow and enjoy plants when I grabbed the cutting board and began to slide the veggie scraps into the rubbish. The cute little baby bok choy butts caught my eye and I wondered. . . Could I grow a new baby bok choy from a baby bok choy’s butt?

Of course I stopped everything I was doing to ask my personal assistant, google, what veggies can be grown from themselves and guess what? . . . (you already know the answer but I’m going to tell you anyway and you can produce fake shock and awe sounds – k?) – Bok choy and romaine lettuce! GET OUT OF TOWN!?

It’s true.

BOGO Veggies

Seriously! This is big news in my world. It’s like By One Get One vegetables! I mean sure, you have to wait 10 days for a new baby bok choy but it’s, in essence . . . FREE! Also, there are only two steps involved to make this free food miracle happen!

STEP ONE

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Cut the bottom inch of the baby bok choy or romaine lettuce. Really, this shouldn’t count as a step because you already completed it when cooking the amazing Asian Tacos – or what ever you were making.

STEP TWO

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Place the bok choy or romaine butt into some shallow water – just so the root part is immersed. Keep it full of fresh water every day and place it in a window sill to grow.

When I woke up the following morning, I could already see two little bright green leaves peaking out. For someone who has tried unsuccessfully to grow an avocado from a pit at least half a dozen times, this was like seeing Jesus in your morning toast! This was amazing and each day it just keeps growing and popping out new baby bok choy.

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I figure by about day 9 or 10, I will have an entire new baby bok choy – for free! I’m so thrilled and really, that can only mean one thing – Asian Taco Friday!

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So lovelies, in addition to giving you the scoop on growing BOGO veggies AND a terrific Asian Taco recipe – I want to talk a bit more about this Oui Yogurt. I think it’s already established that Yoplait got it right when it came to this concept but that means you have potentially dozens of little Oui pots in your near future. “little Oui pots” . . . tee he he. Isn’t that the same as saying a wee wee pot. I digress. But that’s okay because most people don’t read to the bottom of the post.

Anyway – since you are going to be up to your knickers in little glass jars, here’s some exciting facts I recently learned.

and speaking of Mom, mine sent me a couple of pictures of her latest Oui jar make-overs. I LOVE the pearlized paint. What a fabulous color – if I am ever a mermaid, I want to be that color – k. What a great idea to add some sweet buttons or trim around the edges too. Thanks for sharing Mom!.

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If you want to use a Oui jar to grow BOGO veggies, you will need use toothpicks or make a little ‘hammock’ of sorts so they don’t sit too far down into the pot. I made mine with two paper clips and will put a quick instruction sheet for them on the Subscriber Freebie page soon.

Well, I hope y’all have a wonderful weekend. It’s definitely starting to look like spring has sprung. Enjoy it wherever you are.

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