by Judy | Feb 18, 2011 | Recipes
On Geoff’s last visit to Wisconsin he prepared some of the family meals. After raiding the freezer for some homegrown veggies he came up with this tasty side dish – tamari flavored ‘walnutty’ green beans. It was his version of green beans amandine, replacing the almonds with walnuts and the salt with tamari soy sauce. I’m a big walnut fan so this dish went to the top of the list for me. 2 T. olive oil ¼ cup chopped walnuts 2 cups frozen green beans, thawed (or...
by Judy | Dec 8, 2010 | CobraHead, Recipes
Sweet potatoes are back! We had another fantastic harvest which will keep us in these orange delights all year. They’ll be making their way into all sorts of soups, stews, roasts, stir fries, curries and who knows what else? Make a double batch of this chili and have enough left for an easy meal the next day. Disguise that extra chili inside some great tortillas, add a little sauce and some cheese and a different meal is born. Sweet Potato Chili recipe 2 cups dry...
by Judy | Nov 16, 2010 | CobraHead, Recipes
After almost 25 years of living on our 4 acres of partially wooded property Noel ‘discovered’ a crabapple tree. Apparently we were never in that scruffy corner of the woods at the right time or maybe the seed just blew in one year when we weren’t looking and grew fast! Anyway, I was directed to the tree and asked to make crabapple jelly. I picked about 4 quarts of crabapples that ranged in size from a quarter to a golf ball. I washed them and Noel helped me...
by Judy | Oct 18, 2010 | CobraHead, Gardening, Recipes
Our eggplant harvest was prolific this year. The extremely hot summer we had in Wisconsin probably had something to do with that! Eggplant is a great addition to pasta sauces and veggie sautés’ but our all-time favorite is eggplant parmesan. The original recipe came from the The Vegetarian Epicure by Anna Thomas. Over the course of many years our recipe has changed a little but the basic concept is the same. Sauté breaded eggplant slices and place in a baking...
by Judy | Sep 16, 2010 | Recipes
Here’s another fast food lunch from the Valdes kitchen. Did you ever get the feeling that most recipes are just recycled over and over again in various forms? I’m an avid recipe reader and sometimes they all start to look alike. Maybe one or two ingredients are changed but the basic dish is the same. This salad is no exception, it’s just tailored to things we have on hand and what’s in the garden at present. Give it a try. With different veggies,...
