Our box from Fifth Crow Farms contained Red Kabocha winter squash, Red onions, Turnips, Summer squash, Melons, Basil, Arrowhead cabbage, Arugula and Beefsteak tomatoes. These were end-of-season tomatoes, so I stuck them in a low oven with olive oil and S&P to roast them for use this week. Mid-semester, I am feeling a little tired of planning
Taking dinner to a friend this week, so as I think about my menu plan, I will incorporate a dinner for her family as well. The Make-Ahead Cook from America’s Test Kitchen (click here for more details) is providing inspiration, as well as From Our House to Yours (click here for more details). Both have great
I have been thinking about new ways to title these posts to make them easier to find and use. How do you use these posts? Are they informational, aspirational, or something altogether different? Are you a subscriber to Fifth Crow or another CSA, wondering how to use your vegetable box this week? Would love to
This last week was jam packed with lots of fun activities. I had my two Interior Design classes, watched the first league meet for Cross Country, met my hiking group on Wednesday, and took a long arm quilting class on Thursday. Not a whole lot of time to cook! These Chicken Enchiladas were born of
This weekend we visited Fifth Crow Farm in Pescadero and met some of the farmers who grow our food. Lunch was pizza from Uncie Ro, who travels with a portable wood-fire oven. We tasted 10 varieties of apples grown on the property, including my favorite, the Spitzenberg. And we had a nice walking tour of the
At our summer cooking camp, we taught the NYT Cooking version of this recipe to our group of teenagers. It was one of the best recipes from the week, the kids loved the flavors and frankly anything served in a tortilla is going to be a winner. While making this for my family last week,
Our weeks are getting busy! Building a menu plan each week helps ensure dinner is on the table for the nights we are home, and prevents last minute scrambling. Plus, making a plan means less wastes because using all the vegetables in our weekly CSA boxes becomes so much easier. Hey! This is the first
Our vegetable box from Fifth Crow Farms is definitely moving towards fall with Purple potatoes, Green Zebra tomatoes, Baby kale mix, Poblano peppers, Strawberries, Yellow onions, Green beans, Fennel, Thyme, and Baby lettuces. I am looking for a couple short cuts this week for dinner, just to make my life easier, so I am incorporating
December 2016, we took a Christmas Markets trip over the school holidays. DH had wanted to do this for years and because the kids were out of school on December 15, we had enough time before Christmas to make this trip possible. Christmas Markets are an annual tradition in Europe, street markets that celebrate the season
With our holiday week and only four days to deal with, one would think it would be easy to throw a menu together. But here I am, Monday night, playing catchup. In our Fifth Crow Farms CSA box this week, we found Yukon Gold potatoes, Early Girl tomatoes, Baby lettuce mix, Green cabbage, Parsley, Green