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Pulled this one out just in time!! Thanks to the chaos caused by Snowmageddon 2010, my travel plans were up in the air for days. Luckily, the folks at Continental were kind enough to get me home on Thursday. Woo hoo! As much as I love my family, it was awfully nice to sleep in my own bed again. It’s also great to be back in my own kitchen! Erik and I ate at . . . → Read More: Dark Days: Crostini with Butternut Squash and Ricotta  2 comments - (Comments are closed)  Dark Days, Recipes  butternut squash, Dark Days Challenge, local food, pumpkin, Recipe On a recent weeknight we made an awesome and very filling dark days meal: homemade egg pasta with tomato sauce. Now, I have to admit that this is not one of the truly inspired “dark days” meals. We did not get all creative with tubers and root vegetables. We did not invent new ways to use beans and lentils. But on the flip side, look: We are very lucky that we can get local . . . → Read More: Dark Days: Pasta Marinara 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Dark Days, Recipes Canning, Dark Days Challenge, homemade pasta, local flour, Recipe Making crackers is very similar to making pie crust. It’s pretty simple and allows you to use local ingredients and avoid the dreaded high-fructose corn syrup and partially hydrogenated oil. Yuck! We adapted a recipe from Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It, a great resource for DIY cooking projects. We made some adjustments (as usual) for local ingredients. If you don’t have a food processor, you could use a pastry blender or a couple of . . . → Read More: How to Make Crackers One comment - (Comments are closed) Why Buy? D-I-Y! crackers, how to, local food, Recipe, Why Buy? D-I-Y! We spent the week in sunny Texas, but got home yesterday to dreary drizzle. Blech. Luckily, we had fun brunch plans and all the ingredients for a steamy soup ready for today. There’s really nothing better, in my opinion, than a warm bowl between your hands on a dark winter night. Even better if the contents of that bowl are sprinkled with bacon. This recipe comes from a great book called Art of . . . → Read More: Dark Days: Pumpkin Bisque One comment - (Comments are closed) Dark Days, Recipes bacon, Dark Days Challenge, farmers' market, local food, pumpkin, Recipe, soup This versatile recipe comes in very handy during the “dark days” of winter when the local vegetable selection is limited. It’s flexible, it uses a lot of root and storage vegetables, and it makes a lot of food. It’s also delicious. This time, we used sweet potatoes and an amazing braising mix that we bought from Keith’s Farm at the greenmarket. However, you can substitute any root vegetable and any leafy green. The last . . . → Read More: Dark Days Gratin: Root Vegetables and Leafy Greens One comment - (Comments are closed) Dark Days, Recipes Dark Days Challenge, Recipe, Root Vegetables, Sweet Potatoes |
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