Category: What we’re growing, eating, and doing.
It is almost blackberry time.
The beginning of June is blackberry time. Every year I go to the local “You Pick” farm and pick at least a flat. And, every year when I get home with all of the blackberries I wonder, “What were you thinking?” I freeze it, make jam, make a few cobblers, and make a few pitchers…
Getting ready for family gelato night
As the family reunion in Taos nears, I am experimenting with different gelato recipes. Besides taking all the kids to a farmers’ market to buy what we cook for dinner, another foodie family function will be gelato night. Each of us has a small, electric ice cream maker that we each will bring. Each family…
Lasagna from scratch, locally
Step 1: Start the sauce. Try roasting your local or home-grown tomatoes, garlic and onions in the oven with olive oil and whatever fresh herbs you have on hand. (I got this idea from a friend who is also a “localvore.”) Add salt and pepper and roast in a 400 degree oven for about an hour. …
Making Cheese
Another valuable thing we learned from Animal, Vegetable, Miracle was how easy it is to make our own cheese. Who knew? We haven’t gotten really extravagant in our cheese making, but we have made pounds of mozzarella and some ricotta. Using both of these homemade cheeses makes an out-of-this-world lasagna. (Especially when you make your own…
Whose afraid of yeast?
Rustic Country Bread Recipe–Don’t worry, this is an easy one!
KC Restaurants
We were recently in Kansas City (I love this town!) and visited a couple of new eateries. A friend of a friend knows the owner of Garozzo’s so we decided to try it. We went to the original location in Columbus Park and as promised in the friend’s recommendation, it was just like The Sopranos. …
Thinking about peas (again)…
I had some shelled peas that I needed to use tonight. I perused the Internet for fresh peas recipes and found some good ones at www.bhg.com. But, a lot of these recipes were for snow peas and I needed a recipe for shelled ones. Then it hit me! I usually throw frozen peas into Spaghetti…
Everything is fine…
We were really worried about our greenhouse and the garden while we were gone to Iowa. Luckily, everything was fine when we got back. A few baskets were dry in the greenhouse, but I think everything will recover nicely. The garden did grow a new crop of weeds that needs to be dealt with this…
Pilgrimage
Made it to Seed Savers today. What a beautiful drive. Of course it was early spring in northern Iowa so there was not a lot growing. I had heard that by the end of summer the side of the barn is completely covered with Grandpa Ott morning glories. I guess we will have to…