June 2009

Garlic Scape Pesto

30 June 2009
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I know, they look like something out of Tremors, but I assure you they are edible and oh so good! These curly tops of the garlic, that must be cut so that the bulbs will mature, have a very mild garlic flavor. They could be called garlic green beans, except that they are not beans… [...]

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Stir-Fried Greens

23 June 2009
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With all the fresh greens right now I have been making stir-fried greens often, a little too often according to some. My CSA has been giving us beautiful, washed greens ready to create something with little effort. This is a simple, fast recipe that is a staple around our table. Asian Stir-fried Greens 4 large [...]

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Cooking Away My CSA

18 June 2009

I’ve joined a group of food bloggers who have taken the CSA challenge to not let anything go to waste from their CSA share. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, it is a system where someone in your community has a garden and sells shares of their garden to people who would like one. Our [...]

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Coconut Ice Cream with Fresh Raspberries & Meringues

15 June 2009
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I have a friend who was in the process of moving to a new city in a new state while her daughter was graduating from High School. It was a feat of logistics to move, make graduation and put on a small soiree for the family that was coming to the event. What made it [...]

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Summer Salad Rolls with Vietnamese Dipping Sauce

11 June 2009
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This is one of my favorite summer time dishes. It couldn’t be simpler, no cooking involved just requires a few top quality, super fresh ingredients. After the enormous amount of super salad greens (there were many other colors in there too) from my CSA I decided that these had to be on the menu. They [...]

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5 minute tomato soup, this is not a joke

10 June 2009
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School is out for summer! Yippee. Well, so far anyway. Monday was a cool day, thunderstorms and rain. I asked the boys what they would like for lunch, they responded with soup. Looking through the pantry I could find all kinds of things to make soup, but I wanted something faster and easier. To my [...]

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Quick Pork Phở

2 June 2009
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Phở is a Vietnamese soup that is so tasty, once you try it you will be hooked. Phở is pronounced fuh, so now when you pass that PhởKing restaurant down the street you can laugh too. It can be made with or without meat, I happen to think that with meat is tastier, but with [...]

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Spring Cauliflower & Chickpeas (garbanzo beans)

1 June 2009
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Finally the weather is nice enough to think that spring has sprung. One of the more frustrating things about spring here is that it is winter forever, then a day or two of spring, then pounce… summer. This week was a first installment from our CSA. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture (click here to [...]

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