We made three of these for our first Sunday Supper. We planned to make them with asparagus, which we bought at the farmer’s market the day before, but we lost it in Susan’s car. Thankfully the beets we used for the salad still had their beautiful, bushy greens attached, so we washed them up and…
We made two of these for our first Sunday Supper. Susan found the lovely white ceramic bakers, which come with roasted red pepper seasoning packets, at Boise Co-op. Roasted Red Pepper Baked Goat Cheese From Gourmet Du Village’s Chevre Cheese Baker 5 oz. soft unripened goat’s milk cheese ½ pkg. Gourmet Du Village roasted red pepper…
Susan and Jennifer hit the downtown farmer’s market to shop for locally grown beef, handcrafted goat cheese, fresh flowers for the tabletop, and ripe produce. But first, yoga in the park.
I found fresh shiitake mushrooms at Winco this week priced below $6 a pound. I love the way the tender, cooked slices look like little handlebar mustaches with scrolled tips. According to the book “Prescription for Nutritional Healing” by Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, the Chinese fungus has the ability to boost our immune systems and has…
The cool, rainy weather we’ve had lately is making my small, young crop of Walla Walla sweet onions grow plump and happy. Meanwhile, just outside of our small, fenced garden, two of our chickens sing and chuckle to themselves as they cruise about the yard in search of unsuspecting insects to snack on.
Oh the culinary joys of spring! Along with foraged mushrooms and tender salad greens come fiddlehead ferns. We found some at the Farmer’s Market last Saturday and I scooped up about a quarter pound, plus eight plump, freshly foraged morel mushrooms. Last night I made a simple soup using two tablespoons of white miso, the rinsed…
Beet greens and turnip tops are among the most underrated edible foliage in the garden. Susan recently forwarded an email to me from Saveur magazine that contained a mouthwatering recipe for saag paneer. The savory Indian spinach dish is seasoned with fragrant garam masala and uses cubes of homemade cheese that are pan fried before…
“They make the best pasta,” I overheard the tall, middle aged man say convincingly as we casually wandered toward the Ferranti pasta stall at the Capitol City Farmer’s Market. The bearded shopper’s earnest words invisibly tugged my ear and led me to a table where samples of plump ravioli and spirals of green and white…
Based on yolk color, guess which egg came from my backyard hen and which came from the supermarket:
A few weeks ago, I started buying plants at the local farmer’s markets for my first-ever cool-weather garden. Kale, chard and spinach will make tasty springtime salads. Broccoli and Brussels sprouts for use as wholesome side dishes. Shallots and onions will flavor dishes raw and cooked. Meet one of my helpers. She can loosen the…
Bicycles and Blueberries 