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Looking Ahead to Our Maine Garden in 2019

January 30, 2019 by Sarah Walker Caron 2 Comments

It’s only January but planning is already underway for our Maine garden this year. Spring — and especially planting season — feels so distant right now. It’s January. We haven’t even hit the stride of winter in Maine yet, and the last frost won’t come for months. It was 1 degree when I heated up…

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Filed Under: Eating Locally, In Our Maine Garden

How to Boil Beets Whole | Cook Beets on the Stove

October 17, 2018 by Sarah Walker Caron

A root vegetable, beets are delicious in sandwiches, salads, pickled and more. Want to cook beets? Here’s how to boil beets whole. Canned beets were the bane of many a childhood – but not mine. In my house, fresh, round beets from the farmers market were destined for boiling in our kitchen on the cooktop. They…

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Filed Under: Cooking Basics, Eating Locally, Healthy Living and Cooking, Make-Ahead Recipes, New England Cuisine, Recipes, Side Dishes, vegetables, vegetarian

Spiced Applesauce with Honey | How to Can Applesauce

September 26, 2018 by Sarah Walker Caron

Seasoned with cinnamon and nutmeg and sweetened with honey, my recipe for Spiced Applesauce with Honey is something I’ve been making since my oldest child was a wee toddler. He still loves it today. Naively, I used to think that my memory was special – it was long and detailed and, I thought, indestructible. I…

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Filed Under: Eating Locally, Halloween, New England Cuisine, Recipes, Side Dishes

Dilly Beans or How to Make Pickled Green Beans with Dill Weed

September 14, 2018 by Sarah Walker Caron

The word pickles probably conjures an image of small cucumbers in brine or other pickling solution. But so many foods can be pickled — including green beans. This recipe for Dilly Beans, or Pickled Green Beans with Dill Weed, is a lovely way to preserve summer’s green bean harvest for enjoying all year. The beans came…

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Filed Under: Eating Locally, Healthy Living and Cooking, Home, In Our Maine Garden, Life in Maine, New England Cuisine, picnic food, Recipes, Side Dishes, vegetables, vegetarian

In Our Maine Garden, Week 7 … or the Tomatoes Cometh

August 10, 2018 by Sarah Walker Caron

After last year’s disappointing tomato season, we worried about trying to grow them again. Fortunately, the worry was for naught, as you’ll see in the seventh installment of In Our Maine Garden. Three tomato plants. That’s all we planted this year. Last year’s tomatoes were so sad, I didn’t have the heart to devote any more…

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Filed Under: Eating Locally, In Our Maine Garden

Carrot Top Chimichurri Sauce Recipe

July 30, 2018 by Sarah Walker Caron

Carrot tops combine with garlic, crushed red pepper, olive oil, red wine vinegar and salt to make a lovely Carrot Top Chimichurri sauce. This sauce is delicious with steak, seafood, on roasted veggies and more. As a nation, we aren’t really in tune enough with food. Real food, that is — the kind that grows…

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Filed Under: Eating Locally, New England Cuisine, Quick and Easy Recipes, Recipes, sauce, Side Dishes, spreads/dips, vegetarian

In Our Maine Garden, Week 6 … Or Holy Growth!

July 29, 2018 by Sarah Walker Caron

Green beans and tomatoes and beets, oh my! It’s been a good growing season so far. Check out the progress in the sixth installment of In Our Maine Garden. This week, we harvested several pounds of green beans. We ate about half of them and I transformed the remainder of the beans into dilly beans. More…

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In Our Maine Garden: Week 5, Or First Harvest!

July 21, 2018 by Sarah Walker Caron

We had our first harvest! Our plants are growing so well this season. Check them out in the fifth installment of In Our Maine Garden. Lettuce and shishito peppers, oh my! Our first harvest made a lovely salad. The variety of lettuce we’ve been growing (I think it’s a butter variety) has firm, bright leaves with…

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In Our Maine Garden: Week 4, or I Can’t Believe We Grew This From Seed

July 11, 2018 by Sarah Walker Caron

Someone pinch me! Our garden is growing and I am still amazed that we did this all from seed. That’s what I am sharing in the fourth installment of In Our Maine Garden. When we planted radishes last year, I was surprised when they grew and even more surprised when the row was lush and full. Every…

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Filed Under: Eating Locally, In Our Maine Garden, Life in Maine

How to Make Garlic Scape Pesto

July 10, 2018 by Sarah Walker Caron

Garlic Scape Basil Parsley Pesto recipe

Fresh garlic scapes, basil and parsley combine to make an herby, fragrant pesto in this easy Garlic Scape Pesto recipe. Garlic is a root. It grows underground, developing a papery exterior that covers the bulb. But above ground, garlic has many lives … and they’re edible. When garlic grows, first it sends up greens (sometimes…

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Filed Under: Eating Locally, New England Cuisine, pasta, Quick and Easy Recipes, Recipes, sauce, vegetarian

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