Here’s how to make popcorn on the stove. It’s so much fun when you lift the lid… and there’s white fluffy popcorn. It’s like a magic trick. We followed this recipe from Zorra on Chowhound: Use 1 tablespoon of oil to ¼ cup of corn. Heat the oil in a sturdy pan with a lid. [...]
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Popcorn (or caramel corn, if you go all the way)
Posted in Recipes on February 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Beer bread
Posted in Recipes on February 11, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Here’s a bread recipe from MotherEarth News. It’s called Dutch Oven Beer Bread, or Bread Even Susan Can Make. The recipe is as user-stupid as they come.
3 cups of self-rising flour (or 3 cups all purpose + 1 ½ tbsp baking power and 1 ½ tsp salt)
2 tbsp sugar
1 bottle of beer (I’ve read you [...]
Shepherd’s Pie!
Posted in Recipes on November 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Fried rice is the traditional vegetable vacuum in my kitchen. But now there’s a new contender: shepherd’s pie!
Shepherd’s Pie
I made this Thursday night and served it with an arugula and lettuce salad. Chris and I ate the whole thing!
Here’s what was in it.
.625 lb of CSA beef (approximately)
a bunch of green onions, chopped
a large Asian [...]
Cat Food Salad
Posted in Recipes on October 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Here’s one of our favorite lunches. It’s quick, easy, and inexpensive, and we’re always surprised at how satisfying it is.
Easy winter (acorn, butternut, delicata) squash
Posted in Recipes on September 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Winter squash are great!
They keep a long time on the kitchen table and are easy to prepare. We use this method for acorn squash and the bottom half of butternut squash. It comes from this recipe at Allrecipes.com. The comments for this recipe have a bunch of interesting tips including how to make the squash [...]
Ideas for eggplant
Posted in CSA notes, Recipes on July 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here are four eggplant ideas that will work for globe or Asian eggplant. Asian eggplants are what I got last week. They’re not as bitter as globe eggplants and don’t even have to be peeled.
1. Eggplant Parmesan: It’s quite a production. But if you’ve got the time, it is delicious. Here’s my recipe.
2. Fried eggplant: [...]
Baked watermelon radish chips
Posted in Recipes on May 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We love fresh radishes in salad. But what do you do with radishes when you’ve run out of salad?
I searched and found this page of 10 Tasty Radish Recipes.
Last night, I tried #7 Baked Radish Chips.
I sliced the radishes thinly and as evenly as I could (which was not very even).
Then I sprinkled them with [...]
“Spinach” artichoke dip
Posted in Recipes on November 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This is a very rich recipe to be eaten in small doses or on cold days after lots of exertion. It’s also a great way to use up random greens if you’re like my family and not too into greens in general. I’ve used spinach, kale, mustard greens, and radish greens so far and all [...]
Dried pepper success!
Posted in Recipes on November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oven drying peppers works!
This time I had a bunch of hot peppers I dried them in the oven, and it worked great. I dried them in the oven at 150 degrees – my lowest oven setting. It took a couple of days. I’d turn the oven off at night but leave it on most of [...]
Mushroom and spinach (or greens) pasta
Posted in Recipes on October 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
bunch of spinach or greens (I’ve used mustard greens and kale)
pasta for 6
1 cup onions, chopped
1 cup mushrooms, chopped
1 or 2 cloves of garlic, minced
4 tbsp butter, divided
6- 8 slices of Canadian bacon, chopped
8 oz cream cheese (or Neufchatel), softened.
2 cups chicken stock (I just use bouillon.)
1 cup parmesan cheese, grated or shredded.
Preheat oven to [...]
