The idea Sunday, I pulled out all the vegetables I’d frozen over the last several months and made vegetable stock. I left a couple of bags of blanched green beans, a bag of chopped celery, and a bag of corn. Everything else got thrown in the pot. The ingredients The frozen assembly consisted of spinach, [...]
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Making vegetable stock (a.k.a. clearing out the freezer)
Posted in CSA notes, Recipes on August 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Summertime CSA Vigilance
Posted in CSA notes on June 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Summertime to CSA subscribers means incredible goodness and quantities of fresh, colorful produce. But it also means you have to be more on your game than ever. You simply must open up your food, take it out of its bags, and look it over as soon as you can. Dump it out and repackage it. [...]
Freezing eggs
Posted in CSA notes, Recipes, Tips on June 13, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Did you know you can freeze eggs? It’s a bit of a process but really useful when you suddenly need an egg or when you need a bunch of yolks or whites. The first step is separating the eggs. While there are tools that help with this, I find it easier to use my hands. [...]
Egg custard!
Posted in CSA notes, Recipes on June 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Chris and I have a new love – egg custard. I’ll make three servings in the morning whenever I’m planning vegetarian meals. Then we have one each that night for dessert and split the third at breakfast the next morning. Here’s the basic recipe. It’s quick and easy without a lot of fuss. It evolved [...]
Farmers’ Fresh Carrollton Market – open 4 days a week!
Posted in CSA notes, CSA reports, Farmers Fresh CSA, Farmers Markets on June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday 5/29, I went to the opening of Farmers’ Fresh indoor market. It’s in downtown Carrollton just off the square and is open four days a week: Tuesdays 10-6 Thursdays 10-2 Fridays 10-6 Saturdays 8-2 The market has beautiful, fresh, local produce…
Emergency goat cheese biscuits
Posted in CSA notes, Recipes on May 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of people have asked about the emergency goat cheese biscuits I made the other day. So here’s the deal. The emergency part just means I didn’t roll out the dough and cut it. They’re also called drop biscuits.
Going on vacation! (So what do I do with all this food?)
Posted in CSA notes, CSA reports, Farmers Fresh CSA on April 16, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I’m leaving town for a week tomorrow, so it’s been a little hectic with the packing and the cooking and the eating around here. I think I gain weight before going on vacation. We eat more and larger meals trying to finish up our week’s food a few days early. So what to do with [...]
Farm Day! Saturday, April 17th!
Posted in CSA notes on April 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Have you heard about Farm Day? There’s nothing like seeing where it all happens. Especially if you have kids or still consider yourself one. Think about all the food you or your kids eat that’s associated with something – the Cheetos cheetah or the Checker’s jingle, “You gotta eat.” Here’s your big chance to make [...]
CSA meal planning at my house
Posted in CSA notes, Tips, tagged CSA on March 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Feeding a family takes planning – especially with a CSA subscription. Here’s an overview of how I plan our food on a weekly basis. Sunday: Check the CSA menu and online store Usually, updates to the weekly menus and online store are available by Sunday afternoon. The CSA menus are just for getting an idea [...]
Salad notes
Posted in CSA notes, Produce, Squash and Pumpkin on March 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Salad’s a big part of spring and fall CSA-dom. Here are some of my thoughts on how to get the most out of your CSA salads. Tools There are two essential salad tools: a salad spinner and a good sharp knife (or two). I used to think that a salad spinner was just another kitchen [...]
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