by Judy | Nov 14, 2009 | Recipes
I love it when the larder is full of sweet potatoes! We harvested 76 pounds this year. Not bad for 20 home started plants in a Wisconsin garden. There is nothing like a plain baked or roasted sweet potato slathered in butter. The other night I roasted small chunks of sweet potato mixed with Rose Finn Apple fingerling potatoes and cabbage wedges all tossed with olive oil mixed with crushed garlic, salt and pepper. After 45 minutes in a 400 degree oven the sweet...
by Judy | Nov 8, 2009 | Recipes
In the last year or so, ever since Anneliese came across an article in “grist.org” by Kurt Michael Friese called ‘Simple cooking can produce delicious results – like old-fashioned Austrian pancakes’ – see recipe here: Auflauf (like a crepe) has become a breakfast staple in our household. With one egg in each serving it makes a very satisfying meal and the sweetening can be individually controlled. The filling changes with the...
by Judy | Aug 23, 2009 | Gardening, Recipes
Lest you think I jest, take a look at the purple pommes de terre next to the skinny leeks below: The garden leeks aren’t as fat as I would like yet but they are usable and the potatoes are definitely ready. It’s time for leek and potato soup. With all the hype about “Julie and Julia” by Julie Powell these days (I did read the book) I have to recall that my first attempt at this soup back in the 70’s came from “Mastering the Art...
by Judy | Aug 3, 2009 | Gardening, Recipes
Last night we were invited to a potluck. I don’t usually bring desserts because I rarely make them at home – and I’m not one that can live on just desserts. Besides, who has time to bake? But how could I not do something with the raspberries that we’re lucky enough to have (even if I do have to don a mosquito net over my head to pick them)? Two quarts don’t go very far at a gathering but I happened to remember the little used Maryann pan...
by Judy | Jul 13, 2009 | Gardening, Recipes
The strawberries are dwindling. I believe we just had our last handful of extra sweet ones on our garden fresh greens topped with a little bit of Hook’s Blue Cheese. We’ve surpassed our previous best of 44 quarts with over 50 this year! We have 3 beds that are 20 feet by 4 feet. We try to rotate the strawberry beds through the garden by transplanting new runners from the oldest bed into a new bed so we always have one, two and three year old beds. I...
