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Simple Delicious Cranberry Sauce: 3 Ingredients!
My sister first passed along the secret. Homemade cranberry sauce is a snap. Tart and sweet at the same time, I have been known to eat it by the spoonful. Since we like to eat organic—and often prefer less sugar than commercial brands use, making my own seemed the way to go. Can you even … Continue reading
Salsa Among Friends
Last weekend marked one of the highlights of our CSA season—the annual salsa party. Everyone is invited and joins in to cut up peppers, onion, garlic and tomatoes for a giant salsa mix. We all work hard and produce a giant tub of salsa. Then we kick back and indulge in a bountiful potluck. … Continue reading
Amazing Potatoes (au Gratin—no Cheese!)
I spotted this recipe while blog browsing. I was in search of one final potato recipe for the last of 2010’s harvest and this looked so inviting. It came with the far more romantic name of Pommes à la Dauphinoise (which I will never remember, even after writing about it), and caught my eye for … Continue reading
Roast Potatoes to the Rescue
Earlier this week we were blessed with a five inch snowfall—beautiful, but a clear reminder of the deep state of winter. My dwindling pantry provides further evidence of the season; eating local has taken a definite toll on our supplies. While prior winters left me with an abundance of squash and sweet potatoes…, cabbage and … Continue reading
Channeling Grandma: Egg Noodles in Chicken Broth
Perhaps it was rationalization. Grandma had shown me how to make her homemade egg noodles many times. And we (myself, siblings & cousins) were all experienced in her rolling technique after years of unfurling noodle pinwheels into long streamers and spreading them to dry over linen towels (see recipe below). But I didn’t remember the … Continue reading
A Nemesis Undone: Kale Chip Recipe
Everyone has their Achilles heel… their albatross… their cross to bear. In my case, the scourge is… fall vegetables. No, not the old standards like lettuce and spinach and squash, but rather the slightly odd interlopers like kale and celeriac. In September it all comes to a head and I think back to the CSA party where a … Continue reading
Defeating the Chard Mountain
One of the CSAs that I participate in has something they call an “extras box.” This is a container filled with additional produce that the farm sometimes makes available to interested members. (Alternatively, you may add something from your box that you don’t want–e.g. fennel, or the 100th zucchinni) The extras box may contain items that … Continue reading
The Pea Shoot Phenomenon
I have apparently been missing a sensation. As a reader indicated last entry, pea shoot recipes are everywhere! So I cast aside my doubts about this CSA newbie and went web surfing for enlightenment (and tips). Many of the online recipes have an Asian flair, and in the end I decided to adapt my kid-favorite … Continue reading
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