Remember I wrote about kohlrabi back in April? Mariquita Farms stuck some in our spring box and it was a new vegetable for us, one that we enjoyed quite a bit. Jonathan came in May to cook for a party at our house, and demonstrated a quick way to cook kohlrabi (or tokyo turnips): Seared [...]
Last year, when Mariquita Farms included fresh peanuts in our box, Louise and I made peanut brittle. Not really a disaster, per se, but not super successful. The candy was rock hard and I might have chipped a tooth. This year, I am looking for a different way to prepare the peanuts and fortunately Chef [...]
From our Mariquita Farms and Happy Child CSA boxes, we have a lot of apples around our house these days, and since I am newly endowed with braces, I am not eating them out of hand as before. Besides sliced in lunches, I found a few other recipes last week that were quite tasty: Apple [...]
The above picture was my brunch this morning after a 30 mile ride with Peggy. Eggs from the girls, plus a spectacular avocado from our Frog Hollow Farms CSA, and a wonderfully ripe tomato from our Mariquita Farms CSA. A little salt, the newspaper and I was on my way to recovery. Do you [...]
It has been a long time coming, and I have hinted at it before, but the freezer is full of good things we need to eat, to make space to put more good things to eat. This week is hearby declared “Clean the Freezer Week”. My entire menu will revolve around what I find in the freezer. [...]
Tried out another recipe in Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day, this time Challah for Jewish New Year. Easy recipe and great results. See, here is the picture. I shared some with friends and we used the rest for French toast this morning. I even have a loaf to stick in the freezer for [...]
Mixed results with last week’s menu – we had some sort of freakish, unseasonably hot weather, which does not put me in the mood for baked dishes like stuffed collard greens. Fortunately the kids came up with a great idea for Monday dinner – crepes stuffed with whatever we found in the fridge. I put [...]
Wow, our last box for the season from Two Small Farms contained Peanuts. As in, raw in the bag. I have no idea what to do with them, but I look forward to experimenting. I think I am a roasted peanut type of person, rather than boiled, so if I can get it together, I [...]
First I think I need to make cauliflower soup. Then squash soup. And maybe a celery soup. And how about a lettuce soup. Does such a thing exist? I don’t know, but I have a ton of produce and it is filling up the fridge in a big way. I might even pull out the [...]
There is a definite chill in the air – I pulled the blankies up tight last night. Today I am in the mood for a little soup for dinner and with at least 2 pumpkins and 2 acorn squash from past CSA boxes on my counter, as well as a butternut squash from this week’s [...]
Our box from Two Small Farms had a ginormous head of cauliflower this week. So big, it is living in the garage fridge. Seriously massive. This picture does not do it justice. Clearly, whatever plan I come up with this week is going to feature cauliflower pretty heavily. Pickled cauliflower did not go over well [...]
First off, a little bonus recipe. Friday night’s dinner was a takeoff on what Cafe Barrone has been serving lately on their dinner menu – Burrata cheese (that’s fresh mozzarella with a cream center) along with roasted peaches and tomatoes. I had a similar dish at the new Cowgirl Creamery Sidekick restaurant in the Ferry [...]
