Category: Farmer’s Market

Sometimes the best summertime meal is something super simple using fresh ingredients from your garden or Farmer’s Market. Tonight that was exactly what I decided to make. I have copious amounts of spearmint in my garden as well as a fairly good amount of basil. I got super ripe and fresh tomatoes from the Farmer’s […]

One of my favorite things about living in Houston is the fact that I can grow vegetables 8 months of the year. In the wintertime, there are really only two months of the year where I can’t grow things easily. To compensate for this my spouse has given me a variety of gifts which are […]

One of the best things about living in Texas is the wonderful produce. Fall is when local citrus is ready as well as nuts from pecan trees. There are many different kinds of citrus available from a variety of producers and sellers: lemons, Meyer lemons, satsumas, kumquats, many varieties of grapefruit and navel oranges. In […]

I really love different kinds of asian food and living in Houston we have lots of asian choices: Thai, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese and Chinese. I often get a Bahn Mi sandwich from a local place. However, this week I decided that I’d try to make my own. I pickled some cucumbers and carrots; got some […]

The farm where I picked peaches also had blackberries and because I’m a big berry fan I picked a container of them to make something with. Initially I thought I’d make ice cream but I ran out of time to do that. So I decided to make some jam instead because my dad really likes […]

Last weekend after discovering via an internet search a place close enough to pick peaches, the family and I went on a peach picking excursion. We came home with 2 pecks of peaches. 1 peck of yellow peach and 1 of white peaches. Knowing that they would only last so long and that I had […]

I keep trying to get Lo Mein right each time I make it because I’m really sick of eating rice with asian dishes, but I can’t seem to get the knack of it. I’ve tried different types of noodles and several different recipes but alas it doesn’t ever seem to turn off the way I’d […]

I’ve been getting a CSA box since the spring and some weeks I can’t use up all the vegetables. This often happens because I’m going out of town for work or there is just a plethora of one thing. To deal with this I’ve been using measures that my mother and grandmother taught me growing […]

Last weekend I picked up some ground buffalo and fresh bacon from one of my favorite vendors at the Farmer’s Market. My plan was to use both ingredients to make some yummy bacon cheeseburger. After a long day of sailing today, that is exactly what I did. 4 slices bacon 1 lb ground buffalo 4 […]

This weekend when we went to the Farmers’ Market we got a dozen and a half peaches and nice tiny red plums. They both were super ripe when we bought them which means we have to find ways of eating them relatively quickly. Adding to the challenge is the fact that the peaches are incredibly […]