Thai Carrot Salad with Peanuts

We are still pulling carrots directly from the earth.  Noel planted beets and carrots in one of his raised beds in August.  When cold weather set in, he covered the plants with ag fabric, and put a mini hoop house over the entire bed, covered with clear poly.  The ground in the garden outside the tunnel is already frosted, but Noel was able to harvest these carrots from still soft soil by hand. Other than eating the deliciously sweet carrots after a quick wash in...

Marinated Brussels Sprouts

Marinated Brussels Sprouts make a great do-ahead side dish for Thanksgiving dinner or any other meal for that matter.  They’re also great for snacking on in between meals. We’re still picking them out of the garden but before it gets too cold and stays that way I’ll be blanching and freezing them.  They can be thawed and roasted, steamed or marinated all winter long. 1 ½ lbs. Brussels Sprouts, washed and trimmed, remove any unsightly outer leaves Marinade Recipe:...

Veggie Reuben Open-Faced Sandwich

Here’s a relatively quick lunch that makes use of the sauerkraut that I talked about in a previous post here. It consists of 1 or 2 pieces of your favorite bread, toasted, and spread with your favorite stone ground or Dijon mustard.  Top with Swiss cheese – we used Emmentaler, a slab of seared tofu (recipe follows) and (Cortido) sauerkraut. For those of you who haven’t tried tofu, or think you don’t like it, this recipe may change your mind. 4 servings Whole grain...

Sauerkraut in a Quart Jar

It’s never too late to learn something new.  I’ve always wanted to try making my own sauerkraut or ‘fermented cabbage’ as they say now days.  I did try making it in a quart jar a couple of years ago but when I saw a little mold on top I threw it out and never tried again.  What I didn’t know at the time was that you could scrape the white mold off the top and the cabbage underneath the liquid was perfectly fine to eat. Last spring I sat in on a fermentation...

News From Southeast Queensland

Presenting the CobraHead Blog’s first ever guest post! Barbara Wickes of the ‘The Perennial Poppies Group’ garden club was our first international customer.  Somehow she found us on the world wide web soon after we opened for business and we’re happy that she did!  We’ve been shipping CobraHead Weeders and CobraHead Long Handles to Australia ever since. Barb has kindly consented to write a post from Down Under so we can see what their club has been doing and...

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