by Judy | Nov 23, 2008 | Recipes
When I chanced to read about our new ‘foodie-in-chief’, President-elect Obama’s dislike of beets in the New York Times Diner’s Journal, I couldn’t help thinking what my Dad always said: “beets taste like mud.” I like the earthy tasting beets – especially dug fresh from our garden – whether steamed, roasted, pickled or juiced raw with apple juice and ‘double’ ginger from the Reading Terminal Market. (This...
by Judy | Sep 30, 2008 | Recipes
How’s that for a mouthful of salad and my latest craze for fast food lunches? Being the cook book lover and foodie that I am reading recipes is at the top of my list. So I tried an intriguing black bean and sweet potato salad last week from one of the magazines I read. It had an olive oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic, cilantro dressing with chopped tomato in it. How can you lose with some of our favorite flavors? What I realized after making the salad was that...
by Noel | Sep 28, 2008 | Gardening, Recipes
This year’s garden has been far from great. I’ve been on the road so many weekends that weeding maintenance has suffered. I didn’t even get a lot of beds planted. The fallow beds were not mulched, so weeds are rampant. I’m playing catch up, but things are starting to look up. Geoff and Anneliese are doing most of the shows we have scheduled for the rest of this year, so I should be able to get the garden cleaned up and covered with leaves...
by Judy | May 22, 2008 | Recipes
Let’s see – stir fried asparagus, asparagus egg drop soup, roasted asparagus, steamed asparagus, asparagus quinoa pilaf, asparagus risotto, asparagus stew, cream of asparagus soup, gifts for friends, snacks for the dog, etc., etc. If you’re lucky enough to have a patch of asparagus (thanks Noel) you are probably inventing new ways to serve those lovely green spears. We eat it every day for 3-4 weeks this time of year. Last night it was blanched &...
by Judy | Apr 30, 2008 | Gardening, Recipes
We have been eating our homegrown shiitake mushrooms for about a week now but April 29th was the first day I picked a few spears of asparagus. They weren’t very tall but who can wait to have that first taste?! We’ll soon tire of the asparagus after 3-4 straight weeks of eating it every day but right now that green stuff tastes wonderful. Speaking of green stuff I also harvested the first of the nettles. They seem to be quite prolific next to the...
by Judy | Nov 15, 2007 | CobraHead, Recipes
I thought I’d share a couple of recipes the Valdes Family uses to make our Thanksgiving as traditional as possible without the time-honored big bird as the centerpiece. In some ways it’s probably one of the easiest meals to make without meat because your favorite dishes usually associated with the meal don’t have to change – mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberries, salad, green vegetable, corn, pumpkin pie, whatever you like. Usually our...
