Despite the backlog of challenge meals to post, I have to tell you about the best thing to happen since local wheat. This winter has just gotten easier for locavores. Holbrook Farm has extended their growing season into the winter using green houses and hoop houses. They are supplying greens. Fresh organic greens. In the [...]
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Challenge Meal: Spaghetti Squash Latkes
While making Spaghetti Squash Alfredo, I noticed the texture of the spaghetti squash wasn’t unlike grated potatoes and thought perhaps latkes would be an experiment worth pursuing. My dish was loosely based on this latke recipe. Truthfully, it wasn’t wonderful. Two eggs were way too much for half a spaghetti squash so I had to add more [...]
Challenge Meal: Spaghetti Squash Alfredo
It’s been over a week since Thanksgiving and my refrigerator is still packed. Most of it’s not leftovers from the meal, but more of the extra things I bought just in case. Just in case something didn’t work out and I’d need a do-over. Just in case I needed options. Just in case I underestimated [...]
Thanksgiving 2011
This was an interesting year for agriculture, to say the least. Still, our farmers and producers were able to pull it off. Here’s our Thanksgiving 2011 feast: Appetizers: Chilled Roasted Golden Beets from Fort Hill Farm Spicy Icebox Pickled Carrots from my 2010 canning adventure Roasted Red Peppers Maple Bank Farm Assorted Cheeses: Pleasant Cow, [...]
Foraging for Thanksgiving
I was wondering if my Thanksgiving foraging wasn’t a bit like the retail Black Friday games. I mean, I got up early so I could get to the New Haven Wooster Market before Trinity Dairy ran out of butter and cream. (Because I have pies, mashed potatoes, and whipped cream to think about!) Though the [...]
Sport Hill Farm 2011 CSA – Week 21
This is the last week. Here’s the bounty from week 21 of my Sport Hill Farm CSA: 2 acorn squash 1 butternut squash 1-2 spaghetti squash 1 orange cauliflower 1 bag of salad mix 1 bag of sweet potatoes 1 bag of bok choy 4 peppers, one of each color This was a fabulous CSA [...]
SHF CSA Two-Fer: Weeks 19 & 20
Busy, busy, busy! Here’s the bounty from weeks 19 and 20 of my Sport Hill Farm CSA: Week 19 1 butternut squash 1 spaghetti squash 3 peppers 1 bag of broccoli 2 eggplants 2 leeks 1 bag of lettuce mix 1/2 dozen ears of white sweet corn (end of the season treat) Week 20 1 [...]
Sport Hill Farm 2011 CSA – Week 18
I was under the weather on Thursday, and happily, the Farm Gal let me do my weekly pick up on Saturday. Here’s the bounty from week 18 of my Sport Hill Farm CSA: 1 bag of red potatoes 1 bunch of baby beets and with tops 1 acorn squash 3 bell peppers 1 bag of [...]
Sport Hill Farm 2011 CSA – Week 17
In a series with two week 11s, you can skip week 16! Here’s the bounty from week 17 of my Sport Hill Farm CSA: 1 bag of green beans 1 bag of potatoes 1 watermelon 1 eggplant 2 leeks 2 tomatoes 3 peppers 1 zucchini 1 bunch of kale Looking forward to some more camponata, [...]
Sport Hill Farm 2011 CSA – Week 15
Still pumpin’! Here’s the bounty from week 15 of my Sport Hill Farm CSA: 1 watermelon 1 bag of green beans 2 zucchini 1 eggplant 1 bag of tomatoes (including Sam Marzanos and garlic) 2 heirloom tomatoes 1 bunch kale It’s all good.
