Spring time brings lovely green garlic, garlic which has been harvested before maturity. Very nice flavor, mild but still garlicky, I use it almost anywhere I would use regular garlic. Also in our box this week were Young Walla Walla Onions, Lettuce, Chicory Barba di Cappuccino (an Italian chicory), Fennel, Sugar Snap Peas, Carrots, and Red [...]
I am almost positive that I have used that post title before. So catchy and upbeat! Today’s visit to the Farmer’s Market mirrored the one I took March 9, 2010; great spring items, including asparagus, artichokes, and lots of spring vegetables. Still enough winter items to keep us busy, including Brussel sprouts, turnips, beets, and [...]
Fun poster for the kitchen. Available now through Pop Chart Lab.
Welcome to the fourth menu plan for the Whole30 challenge – do us a favor and ignore the fact that I did not put up a week 3 menu. If you are curious about what we consumed, follow along on Facebook for the day-by-day menus, including fantastic links and tips and tricks. Well, definitely links. [...]
The subject of this month’s Cookbook Dinner Club was a favorite of mine, The Victory Garden Cookbook by Marian Morash. Once again, we all chose interesting recipes to try and ended up with way too much food. On the whole, the recipes were tasty, but we found the instructions to be slightly out of date, and [...]
I recently ran into a snag when a friend asked for a recipe for a broccoli salad I made a couple years back for another family in our neighborhood, and I had no idea what she was talking about, although I do remember that I brought a tasty broccoli salad. Through my local parents club, [...]
<place holder for photo that will come Real Soon Now!> Another paleo-friendly recipe that is too good not to share! I have been making the standard Primal Hot Cereal originally from Mark Sisson, with my own little twists including pumpkin puree and dates. Today I experimented again and was richly rewarded! I present: Chocolate Paleo [...]
Last Christmas, Santa brought me a Kindle, and to-date, I have purchased zero books for the device. I check out every book I read on my Kindle through the library system, which when you read 80 books a year, saves quite a bit of moolah. Of course, I have a system I use to check-out [...]
Each holiday season I am seduced by glossy magazines and fancy blog photography with interesting recipes for the holidays. Occasionally I will make a recipe twice, but my greatest cooking challenge comes from trying something new. Here is the list of recipes I tried in November and December 2012, noting them here because they are [...]
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Family Dinner Plan: Artichokes and spring greens
