Join me for a local food event.
Join me and the community of neighbors, gardeners and volunteers from Gabriel’s Place in a celebration of seasonal food on Saturday, May 19.
Category: Other veggies
Penne with asparagus and mushrooms.
Here in Southwest Ohio, asparagus season is in full swing, about 3 weeks early by my estimation. And I’m planning to eat it weekly until either a) I’m sick of it, or b) it’s gone. Early …
Pasta with spring vegetables.
This one-pot pasta dish combines fresh tortellini with asparagus for a delicious spring dinner that’s super simple.
Delicious broccoli-rice bake.
This healthy recipe for broccoli-rice bake includes hearty whole-grains and low-fat dairy for a wonderful nutritional profile. Better yet: It’s delicious!
The art of eating locally.
A foodie friend of mine (see her Leaf and Grain blog) pointed me to this wonderful video on CNN’s Eatocracy site, in which Mario Batali extols the notion of eating truly seasonally—of fully enjoying a local …
Quick pickles.
I hate pickles. Let me be clear: I. Hate. Pickles. Hate them so much that I avoid at all costs what I call pickle contamination: that is, when the juice from an unwanted dill pickle sogs …
Summer fruit shortcakes.
Where is it written that a girl can’t bake her own birthday cake? And who says it has to be a quote-unquote cake at all, really? Why not shortcakes, topped with luscious summer fruit? Absolutely. And …
Grilling summer vegetables in foil.
It’s just after the Fourth of July, and summer is in full swing here in the Midwest. After a long, cool, record-breakingly rainy spring, I’m ready for the sun and heat. Bring it on. These long, …
How to cook with: garlic scapes.
I love growing my own garlic. (For details on how to grow garlic from scratch, read here.) It’s brilliantly simple—separate the cloves and stick ’em in the ground. Planting garlic is an enormous act of faith: …
