Of course, next week’s post will be titled Back to School. Can you tell I might be a little excited?! The kids are going back to school, and so am I. I needed to mix things up a little bit and our local junior colleges offer great classes at a good price. I will be
We picked up fresh halibut this weekend from Real Good Fish, as well as tomatoes from Mariquita Farms and our regular CSA box from Fifth Crow Farms. In our CSA box, we found Broccoli, Romano Green Beans, Basil, Strawberries, Raspberries, Butter Lettuce, Diva Cucumbers, Spring Onions and Summer squash. Dinners this week will be epic!
The big guy needed a new bed, something to support his growing height. I searched high and low for twin XL beds with storage, but couldn’t find any that would fit our space constraints. It became clear the easiest plan was to make our own. Using the BESTÅ storage system components from IKEA, we created a bed
Our tradition, for the last three weeks, is that I bake a loaf of no-knead sourdough bread Sunday morning and we have BLTs for lunch, using bacon from the 1/2 pig we purchased from Linda’s Tasty Pork in Carmel Valley. A 9th generation Californian, Linda Ferrasci operates Rancho Chupinos, which has been in the family since 1878. In
Our guys were gone last week, which meant we had the whole house (and menu plan) to ourselves! Dinners became casual, unhurried, cook-together affairs that were enjoyable and relaxing after a long day at camp. Here was our menu plan for our 2017 Girls Staycation: Monday: Salad bar with local oak leaf lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, bell
The last few weeks have been a little busy at home and we have not been getting through our weekly boxes from Fifth Crow Farms. So this week, I have a little makeup to do! In our box this week, we found Carrots, Collard Greens, Strawberries, Raspberries, Artichokes, Baby Kale, Cucumbers, Leeks, Dill, and Savoy
Last week A and I taught a cooking camp for kids age 10-15. It was the second year we have taught together, and the third year I have been involved in this cooking camp program. Most of the kids were 10-13 years old, a great age for cooking together. We developed the curriculum around the best recipes
It’s time to fumigate for termites, so we have to clean out the fridge and use my Fifth Crow Farms veggie box in a hurry this week. In our box we found fennel, Red Russian kale, baby lettuces, scallions, red radishes, mint, strawberries, spring salad mix, turnips and spinach. Here is my menu planned for
We did not get a CSA veggie box this week, as we are just on the cusp of starting a new season with Fifth Crow Farms. However I do have miscellaneous vegetables rolling around in the refrigerator, as well as a couple items in the freezer I’d like to get used up. Here’s my menu
On my bucket list has been the desire to learn how to backpack. Not sure the hangup, but the idea of strapping all I need to my back and setting off into the wilderness was daunting. A few months ago, when I realized I was wrapping up a big volunteer project the same week one