I have been interested in the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program and recently bought a trial box from Rock Dove Farms in Central Ohio. It was exciting to see what I would get and I was ready to get cooking. It reminds me of the cooking competitions where you get a box of ingredients and [Read more...]
We were invited to a picnic this past weekend and we needed to bring a side dish. I wanted to bring something from the garden with lots of color and flavor. While I have been battling raccoons all summer for tomatoes, I have been harvesting bunches of Dragon Beans and other varieties of bush beans [Read more...]
I had friends over for a 4th of July cookout and swim; it was a fun filled day with good food and great friends. I wanted to make a quick fresh mozzarella and tomato appetizer, but I didn’t have any fresh tomatoes yet, so I used oven dried tomatoes from the freezer and fresh basil. [Read more...]
I created this quick pasta recipe using oven-dried tomatoes from the freezer and fresh spring herbs. The tomato plants I started from seed are growing well and I can’t wait to eat the first tomato of the season. Until then I have to wait, so good thing I still have some oven-dried in the freezer. [Read more...]
I haven’t made chicken in parchment (papillote) in a long time and every time I make this I always wonder, “Why don’t I make this more often?” It is so easy, has a ton of flavor and it’s very moist. It will make your taste buds sing and dance, trust me. I will tell to [Read more...]
What do you do with a chicken carcass after a chicken dinner? You know I don’t throw anything away, well anything that could be used. My Mom has said, “Did you grow up in the depression?” Ha Ha! Now I’m finally part of the “IN” crowd being so resourceful. I bought a yummy rotisserie chicken; [Read more...]
Do you have those days where you just don’t know what to make? Well, I do. Yes, I love to talk about food, cook food, eat food and grow food but I still have those moments. Maybe it’s the winter blahs or I’m just drawing a blank. It was a bunco night and Ali was [Read more...]
You may recall, as you followed along with me this past year, how I said we would use some of our frozen and dried summer harvest later. Well, it’s later! It’s a chilly wintery day and time to go to our stash and use some of it to make a big pot of chili. Chili [Read more...]
My neighbor Carol and I have all these green tomatoes we pulled off the vines that are ripening on her enclosed back porch. They don’t have that summer tomato flavor but they do taste better than those from the grocery store! I’m glad we still have garden tomatoes for our sandwiches and I keep making [Read more...]
I spent the day ripping out the tomato plants and have some good size green tomatoes. I love fried green tomatoes but I feel guilty eating them fried and I am not fond of standing there and frying tomato after tomato. I thought there has to be a better way. I tried grilling them, as [Read more...]