by Judy | Apr 20, 2011 | CobraHead, Recipes
What can I say…. we still have sweet potatoes from last year’s harvest so it was an experiment waiting to happen. It was Geoff’s idea. He’s been wanting to learn how to make pierogi. There are lots of traditional fillings that can be used but he thought it appropriate for our CobraHead blog post that we fill them with sweet potatoes. I admit that I haven’t made pierogi in years. The first time I ever had them was back in Detroit (just before we were married) when...
by Judy | Mar 23, 2011 | CobraHead, Recipes
Yes, we are still eating last year’s harvest of sweet potatoes. They are a wonder crop, and if properly stored, will last until the next year’s crop comes in if you haven’t eaten them all. I have previously put shredded carrots in my home simmered spaghetti sauce but this time there was an abundance of shredded sweet potatoes in the fridge to use up. It seems that a certain visiting member of the family got carried away when making Sweet Potato Quesadillas and...
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 Geoff | Jan 10, 2011 | CobraHead, Recipes
Last week Ted Skenandore came to Austin for a visit and brought me a bundle of dehydrated Oneida White Corn that he grew at the Tsyuhehkwa Farm on the Oneida reservation in northeast Wisconsin. Ted and I used to work together at Tsyuhehkwa running the farm and community agriculture program before I moved to Austin. The Oneidas brought this variety of white corn with them when they resettled in Wisconsin after leaving New York State in the 1820s. It is the same...
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 Geoff | Dec 3, 2010 | Gardening, Recipes
This past spring I planted a small herb and ornamental garden in my front yard. Since I live in Austin with its periodic droughts and water restrictions, I look for plants that thrive without a lot of supplemental watering. Two herbs that did well for me were Mexican Mint Marigold and Mexican Oregano. Two distinct species, Lippia graveolens and Poliomintha longiflora, take the common name Mexican Oregano. I planted the former in my garden. When I planted the...
