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!
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
I’m always trying to find recipes to make the most out of my CSA box ingredients and when I came across this one, I was quite skeptical but decided to give it a try. It is quite an unusual combination, but it created the most amazing salad! The best part was that it utilized three of the more regular box ingredients, carrots, avocados and … Read more An Unusual Combination Creates the Most Amazing Salad!