by Judy | Mar 30, 2014 | CobraHead, Recipes
This is my version of a stuffed gordita (masa cake) recipe that I tried with a filling of pinto beans and cheese. The traditional gordita is stuffed like a pita pocket. Though they were very tasty the first time I made them I thought they were much too heavy with more masa than filling. So the next time I tried them as an open-faced version. Here’s the recipe: Gorditas: 2 cups masa harina (not cornmeal) 3/4 tsp. salt 1/2 cup olive oil 1 cup water Pinto or Black...
by Judy | Jan 20, 2014 | CobraHead, Recipes
As soon as I saw this sweet potato cream cheese pie recipe in the local newspaper a few months back I knew I needed to try it. But I didn’t want to use a traditional flour pie crust. I knew that a nutty pie crust would balance the sweetness of the filling, so I held off on trying the recipe until I found a crust that was all nuts and no flour. A few other changes were made too. Maple syrup was substituted for sugar in the filling and the spices were increased...
by Judy | Dec 23, 2013 | CobraHead, Recipes
We had another abundant harvest of leeks. A full garden bed of 300 leeks is a bit much for just the two of us but it forces me to be more creative in my storage and cooking. They do store fresh for 3 to 4 weeks, washed and bagged in the refrigerator. I also slice and store raw leeks in the freezer for use in soups, stews and rice. For caramelized leeks it takes about a half hour to brown the leeks in a cast iron frying pan but, I decided to try the oven...
by Judy | Nov 16, 2013 | CobraHead, Recipes
Noel harvested almost 80 pounds of sweet potatoes last month – another record crop for us from 18 starts. And guess what? We’re still eating sweet potatoes from last year’s harvest. I haven’t been cooking them often enough so we’re scrambling to find new ways to serve them – though you just can’t beat them simply baked and buttered. Here’s an adaptation of a recipe I must have found online a while ago, though I don’t know who authored it. I’ve already changed...
by Noel | Oct 2, 2013 | CobraHead, Recipes
I found these puffballs in the grass along the edge of the woods two days ago. Giant puffballs, Calvatia gigantea, are edible but they have to be harvested and used while quite fresh. Once they start to dry and turn yellow and brown, they not only lose their culinary appeal, they apparently become toxic. So when these presented themselves at the right time this year, we harvested, prepared a couple meals, and dried quite a few. The golf ball, which was also in...
by Noel | Sep 24, 2013 | CobraHead, Gardening, Recipes
I planted beets the last week of August for a late fall harvest. I had used old seed so I planted them thickly, but they still germinated heavily. So we’re now thinning them and using the baby beets in salads, as a vegetable side, and in drinks. The greens are looking great. Here’s a plate of them. We use roots and all, just wash the whole plant. Judy took half the beet greens, and added half a frozen banana and some raspberries we picked last...
