For a yummy way to serve green beans, I have to thank Giada De Laurentiis for the best green bean recipe! It is for Sauteed Green Beans with Tomatoes and Basil served with Parmesan Crisps. Quick and easy to prepare and makes a fantastic side dish. I made a few changes to utilize some of the fresh vegetables that I had on hand from my CSA box … Read more Thank you Giada for the Best Green Bean recipe!
I was inspired by my beautiful CSA Napa cabbage and the upcoming holiday of Rosh Hashana. I was yearning for the tastes and aromas of holiday traditions in my past and decided to work on a recipe for Sweet & Sour Cabbage Soup. Who knew that this process would result in the most heavenly, divine soup that it did! So if you’re tired of cabbage salad, I urge you … Read more Tired of Cabbage Salad? Make this unbelievable Sweet & Sour Cabbage Soup!
Start with almost any assortment of vegetables and roast them for a rich, flavorful stock. Then use additional veggies and your homemade stock to complete the meal and feed your soul with Farm Fresh Vegetable Soup! You can easily alter the herbs and vegetables accordingly to customize these recipes with items that you have on hand. The process of roasting the vegetables for the stock and sautéing … Read more Feed your soul with Farm Fresh Vegetable Soup!
Want a way to showcase that beautiful, crisp, fresh romaine you received in your CSA box? There’s no better way to do it than in Maple-glazed Bacon, Tomato & Avocado Lettuce Wraps! This is a quick and simple recipe that shows beautifully and tastes healthy and wonderful. The bacon is cooked in the oven on a rack over a foil covered sided baking pan. I use … Read more Eat your veggies with Maple-glazed Bacon!
There are so many options for what to put in a galette, it is really a blank canvas for your masterpiece. You can make it savory or sweet or a combination of both. For today’s recipe, all it takes is making a simple dough, filling it with a selection of cheeses and topping it with your favorite vegetables. Finished off with a drizzle of olive … Read more The Galette, a blank canvas for your Masterpiece!
Who knew how absolutely yummy Delicata squash was?!! It is so easy to cook, you don’t even have to peel the skin as you can eat everything and it isn’t the least bit stringy. Delicata is my new favorite squash! I read up a bit before attempting to cook it. I found that many people were using the standard brown sugar, butter, maple syrup sort of recipe … Read more Delicata, my new favorite squash!
Fresh plump blackberries are the perfect fruit to create these delicious Blackberry Scones from the Big Sur Bakery Cookbook. I found an adapted version on one of my favorite food sites, The Kitchn. I altered them a bit more in the processing instructions and they came out wonderfully moist and lightly sweet. The trick to taking them to new heights, is to reheat them in a … Read more Blackberry Scones from the Big Sur Bakery Cookbook
The best way to enjoy mini bell peppers it to showcase them with a delicious stuffing. These adorable tri-colored bell peppers set the stage for a yummy appetizer. I fill them with a mixture of ricotta cheese and Pecorino Romano along with fresh sage, kale and pancetta. Then I top them off with a drizzle of homemade basil oil to complete the show. They are adorable and … Read more Adorable Tri-colored Bell Peppers Set the Stage for a Yummy Appetizer!
A Recipe for Sweet Corn Polenta with Eggplant Sauce and the history behind it’s author I recently received a recommendation for a cookbook by the author, Yotam Ottolenghi. Yotam Ottolenghi is one of the most exciting new talents in the cooking world, with four fabulous, eponymous London restaurants and a weekly newspaper column that’s read by foodies all over the world. He is an Israeli-born cookery … Read more Make your own Polenta, it’s a cinch!