Category: Eating Locally, Homecooking, Gardening
The Last CSA Day of 2010: Wrap Up
All season, I have offered suggestions for using up CSA produce. Greens, cabbages, squashes and more … This summer was filled with a fabulous array of fresh, wonderful foods. It was a wonderful several months and my CSA kept us very well-fed. So, what’s it like belonging to a CSA? Well, it’s different. In the [...]
Cooking with Kids: Heirloom Tomato Sauce
Every fall, I make a big batch of Roasted Tomato Sauce (and, last year, tomato paste) and can it for wintertime. Opening up a jar of it in the dead of winter is glorious. It’s like bottling summertime. But this year I just haven’t gotten to it and really am not sure if I will. [...]
CSA Day: Apple, Prosciutto and Walnut Salad and Other Tasty Ideas
Apple, Prosciutto and Walnut Salad might just be my official salad of fall 2010. It’s divine. A few weeks ago, one of my cohorts at Tablespoon mentioned making an Apple Salad for this month’s content. Apple salad, I thought … should I grate it and toss with a little lemon and then add to a [...]
Heirloom Tomato and Nectarine Salad
At a family party this weekend, my cousin made a beautiful salad of heirloom tomatoes, red onions, herbs, nectarines and a light vinaigrette from a local farm. It was brilliant. The sweetness of the nectarines are a lovely contrast to the onions and tomatoes. And the vinaigrette really brought it all together. It was absolutely [...]
CSA Day: Cinnamon Applesauce and Other Fun Ideas
Every Wednesday since the beginning of July, I’ve headed to a local organic farm where I belong to a Community Supported Agriculture program and picked up a box of fabulous, fresh veggies. We’ve feasted on fresh greens, tomatoes, squash and more this season. Oh, sweet joy. I’ll be so sad when the CSA is over, [...]
CSA Day: Apples!
I love when apple season rolls around. From apple picking to homemade apple goodies, it’s a lovely time of year. The cool temperatures are pretty awesome too. This week’s basket was filled with quite a few of these beauties. If you can stop yourself from eating all the apples from your basket this week, here [...]
CSA Day: Tomatoes, Tomatoes, Tomatoes
Today, we celebrated my husband’s birthday (Happy birthday, honey!). The day started with a homemade breakfast of cheese omelets, homemade hashbrowns and chicken sausage. Then there was Will’s 5-year-old well-visit to the doctor followed by lunch (sandwiches from our fav deli), work and a special dinner with family. It was a whirlwind. So, I am [...]
CSA Day: Roasted Beets, Leeks and Eggplant Recipe and Other Tasty Ideas
I love the taste of roasted leeks. Almost smoky … and so tender, with a hint of crisp. Then there’s the roasted beets, they get this beautiful sweetness to them. But the roasted eggplant? The crispy caramelization on the outside and creamy inside was sublime. As far as eggplant recipes go, this is a new [...]
Whole Wheat Couscous Tabbouleh Salad
When I moved to New York (as in Manhattan) to go to college, I craved freedom and devoured the city. I walked everywhere, breathing in the skyscrapers and eying the fabulous fashion and amazing pace. Everything seemed so special, so amazing. One of my favorite things was checking out the myriad grocery stores in the [...]
Cooking with Kids: Balsamic Tomato, Corn and Cucumber Panzanella Recipe
Earlier this year, I made my first panzanella (aka bread salad). It was a fabulous, flavorful, fresh salad perfect for a summertime (and it’s so unfair of me to mention it, since that is one of the few recipes I kept to myself — I promise to reveal it someday). So, when I contemplated how [...]
