Loaded potatoes
Cool days call for warm food. Mashed potatoes are one of my favorite cool weather foods! Potatoes from our CSA share! First, I peel and wash the potatoes. Then I boil them for roughly 30 minutes, until tender. Then I …
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Grilled Cheese and Apple Sandwich
Last night for dinner, I made a yummy sandwich that included apples! Grilled cheese and apple sandwich! First, take a look at this week’s Colchester Farm CSA Week 21 pick-up: carrots, sweet potatoes, baby potatoes (perfect roasting size!), bok choy, …
CSA Week 20
Week 20 pick-up! Shane picked up this bunch. In the mix: sweet potatoes, sweet red and orange peppers, carrots, bok choy, and broccoli. The pumpkin from last week’s pick-up found it’s way into the picture – so silly! We made …
CSA Week 18
Another pick-up brought to you by Colchester Farm! Shane picked up this lot: green beans, beets, okra, spaghetti squash, radishes, and watermelon radishes. Have you ever made spaghetti squash? It’s super simple to cook. We cut it in half length-wise, …
Recipe for a Gloomy Day
Yummy vegetable stew with couscous and chickpeas! Using the following ingredients (chick peas, couscous, yellow squash, chives, onions, tomatoes)and the help of leftover eggplant pieces, cumin, black pepper, 2 tbsp flour, and one vegetable bouillon cube, I created a yummy …
Homemade Fresh Salsa
This weekend, we were invited to a potluck picnic at a neighbor’s house. What to bring? I decided to make fresh salsa! This was another first for me! I didn’t follow a recipe, I just used ingredients that I have …
Beading and Baking
After a long Monday, I love nothing more than feeling productive at home. What better way to feel productive than baking honey whole wheat bread? two loaves, please! Shane and I go through about a loaf a week. I freeze …
How to make whole wheat bread
We usually pick up homemade bread from the Farmer’s Market each Saturday. (I recommend Douglas Rae artisan breads, bread from the Lapp family, and Magnolia bread!) Since we have been out of town the past couple of Saturdays, we’ve been …
Eggplant Dinner
After prepping some of the CSA eggplant for the freezer, I decided to use the two larger pieces for dinner! pretty eggplant! I decided to make a salad with baked, breaded eggplant pieces. (I’ve been on a cabbage salad kick …
Fresh Tomatillo Salsa
After eating out all weekend, I wanted to create something to nibble on for dinner last night. I found some leftover tomatillos from a CSA pickup, and thought this would be a great opportunity to make some tomatillo salsa!If you …