Beautiful Bacon avocados in our Mariquita Farms box this week, 5 total. Between lunch and dinner salads, plus maybe a random night with guacamole, these fruits will go fast. Our box also contained Kohlrabi (I scored two bunches from the trade box!), Baby Carrots, Lacinato Kale, Lettuces, Potatoes, French Tarragon and Green-tailed Red Onions. [...]
Funny. Last week’s title was Fava Beans and I showed a photo of artichokes. This week the title is Artichokes and I show you potatoes. One day I will get it together. Just not this week. Our box this week from Mariquita Farms (now is a good time to sign up if you have been [...]
Fava beans arrived in our box from Mariquita Farms this week, and because folks are scared of them, I got two bags. Fava beans make me laugh – lots of farmers plant them to restore nitrogen to the soil in the off-season. And several years ago, a smart farmer thought to sell the beans, rather [...]
Our box from Mariquita Farms had a beautiful bunch of radishes included, which was timely, since I wanted to try a couple salad recipes with sugar snap peas, also included in the box. We have a busy week with a few birthdays and extra musical rehearsals for the school performance, plus temperatures seem to [...]
We had friends over for dinner last week, to pick their brains about our summer vacation plans. The Swedes arrived on foot; the Danes on bike. Exactly what we expected! Since spring is definitely here, I was able to take advantage of all the great produce available, and the menu came together quickly. Menu for [...]
Our box this week from Mariquita featured a few new (to us) greens – Shungiku and Young Mustard. The recommendation from Julia is to treat these like any salad green, or use for cooking greens. We also found Sugar Snap Peas, Chantenay Carrots, Purple Bok Choy, Lettuce and Spring Onions. I traded the Portuguese Kale [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
My menu this week was created with recipes straight out of my Sunday newspaper! How easy is that? Easy. Here is my menu plan for the week of December 10: Sunday: Shepherd’s Pie with sweet potato crust, roasted Brussel sprouts, salad with fennel and persimmons Monday: Spaghetti squash with walnut-sage pesto, grilled chopped steak, salad [...]
Did you Boo your neighbors yet? Or co-workers? It is pretty fun, and there is still time! Our box from Mariquita Farms featured Chard, Butternut Squash, Carrots, Broccoli, Anaheim Chiles, Early Girl Tomatoes, Leeks, Beets, and Heirloom Tomatoes. And of course we have a freezer full of local meat, so along with our slow cooker, [...]
It is finally cooling down around here and I am going to be bringing out the slow cooker and pressure cooker this week for a couple fix-and-forget meals, and a couple throw-together-fast meals. We are also reintroducing foods we gave up during the Whole30 challenge, to gauge our body’s reactions. So far, I don’t love [...]
