by Judy | Nov 30, 2011 | CobraHead, Recipes
Why pumpkin pie – and not a Hubbard or an acorn squash pie? Just about any hard squash will make an excellent pie, but because pumpkins are pretty bland and flavorless as a stand-alone squash, they get relegated to fillings for pies and breads. Most winter squashes are pretty tasty on their own so why waste them in a pie! Someone long ago figured out that if you mix enough sugar and spices with the pumpkin you get a darn good dessert. And besides it’s good for...
by Judy | Nov 22, 2011 | CobraHead, Recipes
Here’s a quick little lunch or dinner with veggies from the garden. Add a side salad and you’re all set. Garden Vegetable Coconut Curry 1 T. olive oil 1 medium leek, chopped ½ cup chopped onion 1 tsp. brown mustard seeds 1 ½ tsp. curry powder 1 cup veggie broth 1 cup sliced carrots 1 cup cubed potato, unpeeled 2 cups cauliflower chunks or florets ½ cup organic coconut milk ½ tsp. seasoned salt to taste Heat olive oil on medium low. Add leeks, onion and...
by Judy | Nov 12, 2011 | CobraHead, Recipes
It’s that time of year when the weather turns chilly and winter squash is on the menu. Obviously it’s right after the plentiful harvest but the body seems to need that filling substance to warm itself and feel satisfied after a hard day’s work. Since we don’t cook a turkey, and would miss the stuffing dearly, we especially like to stuff some winter squash and have a little gravy to top it off. Here’s a recipe we use that reminds me of what my mother used to put...
by Judy | Oct 31, 2011 | CobraHead
Yesterday, after gleaning more stuff from the garden before a few frosty nights this week I decided to make Lentil Cabbage Soup or ‘clean up the garden’ soup. Just about all of the veggies, other than the lentils, came from the garden. Along with the usual onion and garlic I used a small head of cabbage that had split from all the rain we had last week, a few less than stellar looking tomatoes, a multi-colored sweet pepper that was green and starting to ripen...
by Judy | Oct 10, 2011 | CobraHead, Recipes
Are you tired of tomatoes yet? Not here! It seems like the more I remove from the kitchen counters to cook down or preserve, the more that magically appear in their place. This year the first few batches of sauce were made in my usual way – boil the tomatoes for 30 seconds, skin and cut them up and simmer on the stove top for a few hours until thick enough for spaghetti sauce. Cool down and put in freezer containers. Then a few days ago I was reading a...
