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Dark Days Challenge Week 3: Cranberry-Carrot Muffins

Happy Sunday to you all! My parents are visiting for the weekend, so we had a lazy morning. After a huge feast last night of braised chicken and parsnips, a riff on this macaroni and cheese, and a kale salad with toasted almonds and dried cherries, we only needed a nibble for breakfast. Muffins!

About two weeks ago, we ordered a five-pound box of fresh cranberries from Cape Cod Select. Take a look at that . . . → Read More: Dark Days Challenge Week 3: Cranberry-Carrot Muffins

Dark Days Challenge Week 2: How to Make Popcorn, Apples, and Cheese

OK, this isn’t much of a “recipe”, but it was a dark days dinner that we had this week. We keep this in our bag of tricks for when we are feeling tired and lazy and are not too hungry but need to eat a meal. It’s quick and easy and the ingrediens are available all year ’round (and all are the ingredients are 100% local).

It’s also nice to prove that we don’t . . . → Read More: Dark Days Challenge Week 2: How to Make Popcorn, Apples, and Cheese

Dark Days Challenge Week 1: How to Make Potato Gnocchi

To motivate ourselves through the winter, we have joined the Dark Days Challenge, which asks that we cook one meal a week focused on SOLE ingredients (sustainable, organic, local, and ethical). Right up our alley! Each blogger gets to set their own parameters within these guidelines. We’ll be sticking to the following rules for our Dark Days recipes:

Our primary sources for ingredients will be our CSA through Red Fire Farm, the Somerville Winter . . . → Read More: Dark Days Challenge Week 1: How to Make Potato Gnocchi

Pre-Thanksgiving Light Lunch: Peach and Roasted Beet Salad

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Today is my favorite holiday all year – not surprising that I look forward to a holiday focused on food, huh? I LOVE the traditional Thanksgiving dinner, but before you dive head first into a plate of brown-ish, carb-y, gravy-soaked dinner, consider a colorful “pre-game” salad. This one comes together in a jiffy after the beets are roasted (which you could do a day or so ahead of time) and is jam-packed . . . → Read More: Pre-Thanksgiving Light Lunch: Peach and Roasted Beet Salad

Red Fire Farm November-December CSA Pick-Up #2

In the bag this week, we have:

Mixed Beets Parsnips Cilantro Baby Bok Choy Satina Yellow Potatoes Leeks Red Radishes Celeriac Honeynut Butternut Squash Eggs

Here are some recipes we might make this week. If you make one, leave a comment about how it turns out.

Good bread + good butter + sliced radishes + salt = heaven Creamy Coconut Parsnip Rice with Caramelized Butternut Squash from Choosing Raw Beet Fritters from Yotam . . . → Read More: Red Fire Farm November-December CSA Pick-Up #2