Garlic Scape Recipe: Garlic Scape Carbonara
Posted on June 29, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments
Last year, while trolling a local farmers market, I discovered some curly green shoots that were unlike anything I had ever seen. Vibrantly green and mostly firm, save a slight grassy portion at the top, I took a few home and cooked with them … and promptly fell in love.
What were they strange, unfamiliar things? [...]
How to Freeze Fresh Strawberries
Posted on June 28, 2009 - Filed Under Eat Local, Farm Fresh, pick your own, preserving/canning | 5 Comments
One of my goals for this year is to extend our local eating for as long into the winter as we can. I’ve done this hear and there in the past, putting up jams and relishes and freezing pestos and sauces, but this year I want a more comprehensive effort. As fruits and vegetables hit [...]
Read More..>>Strawberries and Cream Whole Wheat Crepes
Posted on June 27, 2009 - Filed Under Breakfasts | 5 Comments
Earlier this week, I mentioned that my birthday was coming. Thank you to everyone who left nice birthday wishes on that post — they made me smile big! Today is the big day, so the kids and I are taking it easy. Shawn will be home later and we will go to my parents’ house [...]
Read More..>>Fertile Fridays: Rain Be Gone!
Posted on June 27, 2009 - Filed Under garden | 1 Comment
This month certainly feels like it’s been one rain storm after another. Ok. Maybe it feels that way because it has been that way. We’ve had so few opportunities to get outside and enjoy our yard and work on creating more edible areas. But when we have had the opportunity, we’ve capitalized on it – [...]
Read More..>>Wanted: My Next Writing Gig
Posted on June 26, 2009 - Filed Under A Little Help | 6 Comments
See those babies? They are the reason I left my full time job last year to work from home as a full-time freelance writer. And now you (or someone you know) has the chance to hire me!
A recent long-term writing contract is coming to an end and I have empty freelancing spots [...]
Wordless Wednesday: Lemon Rainbow Cake
Posted on June 24, 2009 - Filed Under Just Photos, dessert | 4 Comments
Nope, I didn’t make this. Virtual Frolic made it as a special surprise for my birthday (which is later this week). The colors were so alluring and vibrant — it’s almost too pretty to eat! Flavored with lemon, it was both refreshing and satisfying. It made for a delish dessert after strawberry picking.
Mmm. Good cake.
(Want [...]
Creamy Heaven: Artichoke and Herb Risotto
Posted on June 23, 2009 - Filed Under rice | 7 Comments
Somehow, photos of risotto just never do it justice.
The other evening, after strawberry picking, my friends gathered in the kitchen while I cooked dinner: a salad with fresh strawberries, feta and Candied Almonds, steak and Artichoke and Herb Risotto. For the risotto, I was running a little behind and asked my friends to retrieve some [...]
June’s Rosy Joy: Strawberry Picking
Posted on June 22, 2009 - Filed Under Eat Local, pick your own, preserving/canning | 6 Comments
The kids and I and two of my friends went strawberry picking yesterday afternoon. So what that it was raining? So what that the skies clued us in that this was a rain that wasn’t going to just pass … It just didn’t matter. We all wanted the berries and nothing was standing in our [...]
Read More..>>Fertile Fridays: Gardening is So Fulfilling
Posted on June 20, 2009 - Filed Under garden | 1 Comment
Tomatoes! Tomatoes! There are real, albeit tiny, tomatoes on our vines! And tons of blossoms just waiting to burst into more tomatoes. The funny thing is that it’s the sungold cherry tomatoes that are growing at lightning speed, while the early tomatoes I planted are ho-humming along. Go figure.
The broccoli is flowering big now, so [...]
Read More..>>Cinnamon-Sugary Goodness: Snickerdoodles
Posted on June 18, 2009 - Filed Under Cookies | 2 Comments
I first learned about snickerdoodles when I was about seven and read the recipe in my elementary school’s fundraiser cookbook. As much as I wanted to try to make them then and there, they were a little intimidating (partially because they were unlike any cookie I had ever had and partially because the only cookies [...]
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