Summer is hopping and bopping along. We have been so busy playing with chickens, jamming the canner, and farmers marketing, that I haven’t had time to sow more seeds. No big deal? Well kinda. It means that I will be out of radishes before I know it! I haven’t decided if it is because I …
Winter Grain Salad
Grain salad is a perennial favorite of mine (see further proof here & here). Tweeked for winters’ offerings, this grain salad features nutty wild rice harvested in Canada, locally grown spinach, and my own butternut squash. When blended together, rustic grains and veggies make a nutrient packed satisfying dish that is hearty, not heavy. I …
Porter Glazed Beets
The colors of fall are beginning to fade here in VT. It is past time that I begin to put my garden to bed but I still have veggies to harvest. It has been a big month for little jelly and finding the time to spend more than 20 minutes in the garden can be …
Roasted Corn Salad with Strawberries
Here is one more summer salad for you. This time it is served up in my toaster oven taco shells. I love the combination of grilled corn and cold fresh berries. Try this salad with some grilled shrimp, or skip the shells and set it out for spooning onto plates or chow down with some chips. …
Cool Blue Potato Salad
Happily browsing the shiny aisles of my local grocery store, a beautiful basket of blue potatoes stopped me in my tracks. How can I resist tight skins over firm blue flesh? I couldn’t. Those little babies belong to me. I have a weakness for potatoes in any form: red, white, blue, mashed, baked, or boiled. Lucky …
Minted Green & Grain Salad
As you may be aware, I am eating an anti-inflammatory diet to help answer a few health questions. The bulk of my diet, aside from a nummy smoothie, has been greens and sprouted grains. In order to make life easier on myself, I end the weekend by prepping food. This is as easy as unloading …
Spicy and Sweet Spring Salad
Ta-Dah! Baby arugula, breakfast radishes, chives, and violets. This is my very first garden salad of the year. And FINALLY! I might add. I am so tired of frozen vegies. Yes, I could go purchase all the fresh veg I want (and I do) but it just doesn’t taste the same as my own hard …
Niçoise Stuffed Eggs
Now that it is BBQ weather, parties are planned and our social scene is booming! Lately, when we go to a party, I bring a few jars of jelly or something else from my canning pantry. I am beginning to wonder if my friends are tired of me trying out new jelly flavors on them. …
Forbidden Rice Salad with Edamame and Avocado
Rice salad is somewhat of a guilty pleasure for me. Not as obvious as potato or macaroni salad, a rice salad is so much more versatile. No need to add all the mayonnaise and unhealthy fat to get full flavor. A little bit of rice vinegar is all I need to down a monster bowl …
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Collard Slaw
I love love love this tangy slaw! I got the inspiration for this slaw while making black eyed pea cakes. I wanted coleslaw, but truly wanted collards to pair with the black eyed peas. At first I did not see any way to tone down the bitter fresh greens, until I remembered a kale salad my sister …