Month: April 2012

Yeah, I know it sound weird. Beet and chocolate cupcakes. My spouse thought they’d be nasty but they turned out wicked tasty. What I like best about them is the fact they are super moist! Often my cake isn’t moist enough but the beets really help with this. [singlepic id=165 w=320 h=240 float=right] Unfortunately, they […]

My third basket of CSA veggies arrived this week and I’m really excited about some of the goodies. The best thing I got this week was fingerling potatoes. I’m going to make hashbrowns with those tomorrow. I also got Green beans Summer squash Carrots Many many mustard greens Turnips Spring onions Sprouts Unfortunately there weren’t […]

Today was CSA pickup day again. I’ve used most of the veggies from last week’s share. Try as I might the beet chips were a disgusting failure and I’ve still got carrots and beet greens left. In contrast, the sugar snap peas were a HUGE hit as was the cauliflower, mixed greens, sprouts and strawberries. […]

Growing up I never really thought much about the fact that my family had a big garden, as did my grandparents. Living in Maine it was something we just sort of took for granted. When I moved away it was also one of the things that I missed the most. Until I bought a house […]

Last night after my success with making a Red Lentil and Cauliflower curry, I decide it would be neat to try to make a Red lentil spread for sandwiches for the rest of the week. I’d found several recipes for red lentil dips on the web and wondered it one of those would suit my […]

This week I got a head of cauliflower in my CSA box. So I decides to make an Indian curry with red lentils and cauliflower. I found a recipe that seemed really good. However, I didn’t want to make the curry paste from scratch. Mostly because today was a really busy day but also because […]

[singlepic id=148 w=320 h=240 float=right] Two weekend ago I started my homemade corned beef project. I made a nice brine and packed 4 pieces of beef brisket into ziptop bags filled with brine. This was put into the refrigerator for 7 days. The following weekend I removed the ziptop bags from the fridge emptied the […]

I know it seems a little crazy but one of my favorite ways to have fresh strawberries is strawberries and cream. It is SUCH a decadent treat from my childhood that I feel spoiled and a bit naughty when I make it. For those of you who aren’t familiar with it. Basically you combine fresh […]

My first CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) box arrived today with a variety of tasty things including: Baby mixed greens Sprouts Beets Cauliflower Carrots Sugar Snap Peas Spring Onions Strawberries I have a pretty good idea what I’m going to make with most of the things but the beets and carrots will be a bit of […]

Sometime in the last 2 years I bought what I thought was a nice mandoline on Amazon to produce even slices of potatoes, cucumbers, etc. Recently I’ve come to rue my choice though because although quite pricey has turned out to be a POS. The main problem is the slicing blade got dull rather quickly […]