August Recipe of the Month-those darn zucchini! I am so excited to have signed up for weekly vegetables from River Road Gardens, a small organic farm very close to where I live in Montgomery. The clincher? They deliver! But then, predictably, I had way more zucchini than I anticipated, especially since summer squash is not a … Continue reading
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Summer Salads
I’m not much on labor-intensive salads, unless it can also do double-duty as a main dish with the addition of a protein. Salads are usually on the side for me, and usually eaten after my main course. That evolved because I tended to eat the main course (i.e. protein) first, then I’d look at that bowl … Continue reading
September Recipe of the Month – Farro Salad with Roasted Eggplant, Caramelized Onion, and Pine Nuts
Did you miss me? I somehow got an early-season flu so have been out of commission for nearly a week! My advice: Get your flu shot early, very early. I usually wait until mid or late October but next year I won’t. I mentioned this salad in my recent post about my three-day cookathon, and wanted to … Continue reading
Grow Your Own (with help from Whole Earth Center)
In my gardening days, I remember how, even in a mild winter, by early March I was desperate to get my hands in dirt and plant seeds. This year, with so much time to browse those seed catalogues, I’ll bet some of you have way more seeds than you’ll ever use, just waiting, waiting, waiting for … Continue reading
Money in the Bank
My father used to refer to leftovers as “money in the bank.” While it became a family sport to tease him about his somewhat obsessive attachment to old food in the fridge and freezer, I have to agree with him in principal. Which is why I scooped up packages of cut up butternut squash and rutabagas on a Sunday visit to … Continue reading