by Judy | Jun 28, 2024 | #CobraHeadFolksEat Good, #JudyValdes, CobraHead, dessert pizza, Recipes, strawberry dessert
We had a nice crop of strawberries this year, though we had to share some with the birds and voles. As I was trying to figure out a garden-related recipe to share I thought of this fruit pizza that my friend Eve used to make for potlucks. I had previously made fruit pizzas from a recipe I got from the Wyandotte News Herald many years ago when we lived in Michigan. It used a sugar cookie dough instead of the shortbread dough and the glaze was a thinned apricot jam....
by Judy | May 31, 2024 | #CobraHeadFolksEat Good, #JudyValdes, CobraHead, Recipes, Rhubarb Bread
It’s rhubarb time. I dug out my old 'Jane Brody Good Food Book' and experimented with her rhubarb banana crisp recipe. I was hoping the bananas would be the magic needed to cut way back on the sugar needed for the tart stalks. It was okay, and did the trick, but the dish didn't go over very well with the troops. I have made my usual and favorite Rhubarb Crisp already. Recipe here. My Rhubarb Ginger Pie recipe is here. This time I made a quick...
by Judy | Mar 29, 2024 | #CobraHeadFolksEat Good, #JudyValdes, CobraHead, savory sweet potatoes, sweet potato latkes, sweet potatoes
In spite of the hungry voles that ravaged our sweet potato patch we still have at least 40 lbs in storage. So I started looking through my cookbooks and was reminded about this latke recipe that I used to make several years ago from the book "Vegetarian Planet" by Didi Emmons, published in 1997. It's interesting how you cycle through recipes and then forget about them for a while. Anyway, if you think you don't care for sweet potatoes because...
by Judy | Feb 29, 2024 | #CobraHeadFolksEat Good, #JudyValdes, Adirondack Blue Potatoes, CobraHead, Recipes
We are still eating our Adirondack Blue potatoes (and other types) from last year’s harvest. They have done very well in Noel’s make-shift above ground root cellar in the barn. I have adapted our usual cheesy garlic potato bake and added some frozen green beans, also from last year’s garden. This dish was originally from Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” and has evolved over the past fifty years in my kitchen...
by Judy | Jan 30, 2024 | #CobraHeadFolksEat Good, #JudyValdes, Baked Butternut Squash, Recipes, Winter Squash and Cranberries
We are working our way through our garden harvest. We still have potatoes, onions, sweet potatoes and winter squash, along with lots of various frozen veggies. Below is how I made use of one of our butternut squashes. Ingredients 5-6 cups chopped butternut squash (1 medium butternut squash, 2+ pounds) 8 oz fresh cranberries 1 chopped unpeeled apple ¾ cup freshly squeezed orange juice 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 teaspoon cinnamon ½ teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons honey...
by Noel | Nov 21, 2023 | #CobraHeadFolksEat Good, CobraHead, Gardening, Vegetable Growing
Judy and I just got back from three weeks in Texas. I was behind in the garden before we left and three weeks away have put me quite a bit further back. I missed a lot of garden clean up and prep for next season. One fall chore that I never try to miss is getting a bed of garlic planted. When I’m on top of things, garlic goes into the ground the last week of October, but I’ve planted it in late December and still had a fine crop. So my first task upon our return...
