A walk through the Farmer’s Market on a late summer day plainly shows that tomatoes rule! They fill baskets and crates at every vegetable stand: heirloom varieties in shades of green, purple, and red. Pint baskets of glowing yellow and red cherry tomatoes, and plump Roma tomatoes in sizes and shades that put typical supermarket […]
Sweet Tomato & Fruit Salad
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A Round-Up of Recipe Ideas For All Those Winter Root Vegetables
In the mid-winter, you may find yourself running out of ideas for all those winter root vegetables that are still abundant at the grocery, at the farmer’s markets, in your community agriculture share and in your crisper drawer. Or you may not have even tried some of these hardy vegetables yet, which was the case […]
Colorful Kohlrabi Slaw with Lemon-Maple Dressing
This intriguing root veggie caught my eye at the winter Farmer’s Market: bright green spheres, still damp and dirty from storage, with concentric, pale ridges in the skin. The name was somewhat familiar but I had never tried it before: kohlrabi. When I took some home and did a little a research I learned that […]
Maple: A Sweet & Savory Cookbook
Maple is a book of beautiful sweetness and sumptuous photography. The author Katie Webster is a Vermont photographer, blogger, chef and food stylist. She is also a contributing editor to Eating Well Magazine. In Maple she has compiled recipes covering breakfast, dessert and everything in between, all with a generous helping of pure Vermont maple syrup. This book […]
Six Ways With Cherries
I spent June thinking of recipes to take advantage of fresh cherries, so plentiful in the stores right now. Here are six ways to enjoy cherries this summer! 1) Cherry White Chocolate Sherbet Fresh cherries and chunks of white chocolate in a creamy base make a refreshing frozen treat. 2) Cherries Dipped and Sugared Leave them […]
Cherry Lime Vinaigrette
This month for Six Of One the focus is Six Ways With Cherries! Fourth in this series all about cherries is a tangy vinaigrette! This dressing is a simple mixture with lime juice and cherry juice. It’s has a tang from the lime and vinegar, and sweet, sweet cherry goodness. The sesame seeds in the vinaigrette […]
Tex Mex Potato & Chicken Salad
This potato salad came about in the same summer as the Green Goddess Buttermilk Potato Salad and the Bacon, Tomato and Basil Rice Salad. In this dish, roasted potatoes are tossed with shredded chicken, taco seasoning, chiles and cheese. It is a spicy and creamy potato salad! The addition of chicken to this salad gives […]
Bacon, Tomato and Basil Rice Salad
This is an easy cold salad featuring one of my favorite flavor combinations: basil and tomato. Not to mention bacon! This salad was created as part of a trio of cold salads in anticipation of summertime entertaining. The first I put together was the Green Goddess Buttermilk Potato Salad, rich with a creamy buttermilk dressing […]
Green Goddess Buttermilk Potato Salad
Green Goddess Buttermilk Potato Salad Cookout time! I have been thinking a lot these days about great cookout food. The hotdogs and burgers tend get all the glory, all the press (and I love a good burger or a dog too, don’t get me wrong.) However, just as Thanksgiving is not just about the turkey, […]