It was a rare occasion the other day: I headed off to the local organic farmers market without any children in tow. That meant I could meander around and take things slow while I shopped for vegetables for dinner, something for lunch and a few things to add to an extra special gift basket...
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Archive for July, 2009
Grilled Pole Beans Recipe
by Sarah W. Caron • July 30, 2009 • grill, vegetables • 6 Comments
Thoughts on Eating Local
by Sarah W. Caron • July 28, 2009 • Beef, Eating Locally, Homecooking, Gardening, Farm Fresh • 5 Comments
Mmm. That is a locally grown and butchered Delmonico steak, hot off the grill. The cow is from a farm run by a family with a young child and I buy it directly from the mom at the farmers market. I. Love. That. Frankly, I don’t write about eating locally raised and grown food...
Read more →English Pea Risotto Recipe
by Sarah W. Caron • July 28, 2009 • rice • 7 Comments
It’s been pretty warm during the day over the last few days. Still, I am holding vigilantly to my vow of no air conditioning this summer. And really, when it comes down to it and you just accept that this is what summer feels like, it’s not that bad. Really. I am used to...
Read more →Foraging On My Own Property
by Sarah W. Caron • July 27, 2009 • garden, green living • 5 Comments
That is a palmful of some blissfully juicy, sweet-tart wild blackberries. So tasty. Last week, I noticed something red in a bush along my driveway while pulling out to go to the store. I didn’t stop at the time, and I mentally wrote it off as some inedible red berries like the perfectly round...
Read more →Fertile Fridays: Raining Again?
by Sarah W. Caron • July 25, 2009 • garden • 0 Comments
It felt like rain threatened to come all day. The grey clouds hung around like unwanted party guests who don’t know when to leave. And just when it was clear that they overstayed their welcome, it rained. In fact, it’s still raining now. No matter. I have something exciting to show you.
Read more →Wordless Wednesday: Summertime and the Living is Easy
by Sarah W. Caron • July 23, 2009 • Mama's baby, Photos • 2 Comments
We are having a summer without air conditioning here. It’s not because of the mild weather though — it’s because I am trying to cut down on the electricity we use (summer is our peak usage time) and thus save money. It has the fringe benefits of also being a little kinder to the...
Read more →Summer Salads: Recipe for Basil Vinaigrette
by Sarah W. Caron • July 22, 2009 • dressing, salad • 5 Comments
“What’s in this? This is interesting.” That was my husband’s reaction when he tasted the salad tonight. It was a simple mix of baby greens (one bag for $1 at the farmers market today — just enough for one dinner) and a homemade basil vinaigrette. I skipped the cheese and ignored the croutons and...
Read more →Totally Americanized: Ham and Cheese Fried Rice Recipe
by Sarah W. Caron • July 18, 2009 • cheese, rice • 7 Comments
The other evening was one of those nights. You know the ones: where you just don’t feel much like cooking and really aren’t sure what to make anyway. At first, I was going to do something with chicken and serve it over rice, but midway through the rice cooking process, I realized that I...
Read more →Fertile Fridays: Moment of Silence
by Sarah W. Caron • July 18, 2009 • Eating Locally, Homecooking, Gardening, garden, green living • 1 Comment
As I sat down to write this, I learned that Walter Cronkite has died. Cronkite was an amazing journalist and newsman who inspired many young people to research harder, write better and dig to present the public with the clearest picture of the news they could. Tonight’s post is wordless, as it’s the closest...
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