On Saturday, one of my good friends had a BBQ, so I offered to bring dessert. Now, this is one of the most pulled together, awesome people I know, so it had to be something amazing. I also wanted something casual enough for a kid-friendly BBQ and easy to transport, since there was a good chance we were going to bike there. I also really really wanted it to be something that fit in my . . . → Read More: Mom’s Chocolate Zucchini Cake
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Hello all! After a fantastic wedding and honeymoon, we’re back to cooking like ourselves again. It was a few crazy weeks of delicious restaurant meals (and crackers shoved into my face when time got away from me), but now it’s time to settle into some better eating habits. Luckily, it’s summer, so healthy eating is (relatively) easy, especially for those of us with a CSA or you lucky, hard-working folks with a garden. Just keeping . . . → Read More: Smashed Zucchini on Toast (or What to Do With All That Zucchini??)  2 comments - (Comments are closed)  Breakfast, CSA, Fast Meals, Recipes  All-Natural Breakfast, zucchini Last year, when I finally decided that buying a share in a CSA “made sense” based on the way that my family was eating, it was unfortunately too late, at least for that year – the season had ended and Lindsey and Erik were embarking on their yearly Dark Days challenge. So, I used the winter months to research nearby farms that might have a CSA share available come the spring and more importantly, where . . . → Read More: Thoughts from a Virgin Shareholder [Note: This should have been posted yesterday, but I ran into some technical issues.] After days and days of rain (including a crazy thunderstorm yesterday and resulting power-outage), today was just fantastic. To take advantage of the beautiful weather, a friend and I headed up (over?) to Red Fire Farm to pick some strawberries. Our CSA includes some pick-your-own opportunities, so we went bonkers and got 8 quarts each. That’s enough for two batches . . . → Read More: Field Trip! Strawberry Picking at Red Fire Farm Today was my first trip to the farmers’ market this summer. The weather did NOT cooperate, however. Mist and a cold wind fought my bike (and my motivation) the whole way, but I made it there and back with some awesome bounty. Check out those strawberries! The spiky, long things are garlic scapes, which are the stalks that grow from the tops of garlic bulbs. We use them like scallions or in pesto. . . . → Read More: Market Day: It’s summer! Sort of… |
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