Category Archives: foodstuff
clearing the fridge of zucchini: summer squash pesto
For years now, we’ve done a farm share, which has worked well, except for the abundance of summer squash that inevitably hits right around the end of August. No matter how bad a season may be, and this season was pretty harsh to our farm, there always seems to be more than enough zucchini, patty …
pictures!
I’m not feeling up to writing much (and I’m pretty sure I’ve already lapsed on my post a week attempt), but I have some pictures I want to share from this month. First, Hazel’s baptism – my parents, Chris’s parents, and my brother and sister in law were able to make it, which was great. …
savory zucchini bread recipe
I’m too tired to write an intro, but here’s my most recent attempt at a savory zucchini bread recipe. It’s pretty good – dense, but moist and not too heavy. I’m not entirely sure how I would serve this – maybe with light cream cheese and cucumbers? 2/3 cup olive oil 1/3 cup vegetable oil …
notes to self, re: mango lassi & moving
Note to self #1: If the blender is packed, and the spices are packed, and in fact, all ingredients that aren’t in the refrigerator or freezer (like sugar or honey) are packed, then you probably shouldn’t tell Zoe that we can make mango lassis while buying only whole mangoes and yogurt. Note to self #2: …
little and not so little things
I’ve been thinking about thankfulness (not too surprisingly, given that today is Thanksgiving). I keep getting caught in the big things to be thankful for – the family / health / friends / house / job / food things. It’s not that I’m not thankful for these, just the opposite, I’m extremely thankful for them, …
August 28 recap
Laugh of the day: Overheard Zoe talking to her Sesame Street stickers in the car, “oh, Cookie Monster, what are you doing on my leg? No, you don’t belong on my leg, you want to go on my cheek!” Sin of the day Forgive me other farm share member, I may have sinned against you. …
more bread baking
Chris got me a new bread baking book for my birthday, Baking with the St. Paul Bread Club (I’m all about the bread babking by local authors). I’ve been quite happy making my Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, so I was initially unsure about trying it. The ABi5 recipes are easy, they require …
what I learned at the cooking class – part II: class design
This is part II of what I learned at the cooking class. Part I covered the actual cooking parts. As we were finishing up our last rotation on the grill, waiting for the corn to finish, I asked one of the instructors how they came up with their ideas for classes, and how they planned …
what I learned at the cooking class – part I: the cooking
When Chris bought our Big Green Egg, it came with a coupon for a free cooking class at the store where we bought it. We’ve taken a couple of awesome classes there before, and yesterday evening, we cashed in the coupon and took a class on grilling vegetables.This was a participation class, which meant we …
Farm share and shared risk
We’ve been members of a CSA (community supported agriculture, also called farm shares) for 3 years now, though this year we changed to a new farm. Our share gets us a weekly delivery of whatever fresh produce the farm happens to have harvested throughout the summer and early fall. Or that’s the theory. When I’ve …
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