When doctors and nutritionists point to the healthiness of the “Mediterranean diet,” too many people think, “Oh, I can eat lasagna loaded with cheese and meat and be healthy.” I do believe that there are times for lasagna, but I know that even made with whole grains and organic products or even spinach that it’s [...]
Archive for the ‘beans’ Category
Tuscan Minestrone with petite meatballs (or without)
Posted in beans, bread, carrots, cast iron, cheese, Cooking And Baking, dinner, dinner, Dutch oven, Food, frugal living, garlic, health, herbs, Italian, onions, recipes, slow cooker recipe, soup, turkey, vegetarian, whole grains, zucchini, tagged dinner, economy, Food, health, recipes on October 4, 2010 | 15 Comments »
It’s Alive! update on the re-planted garden
Posted in apple, apple butter, Arkansas, beans, carrots, chile, cucumber, eggplant, Food, frugal living, fruit, gardening, leeks, nature, okra, organic food, organic gardening, peppers, peppers, red pepper, summer squash, winter squash, zucchini, tagged Food, gardening, organic gardening on August 2, 2010 | 17 Comments »
Regular readers know that I suffered catastrophic garden losses thanks to a house/cat/garden sitter who did a great job with two out of three. I’m pleased to report, though, that courtesy of the pre-soaking (and sometimes pre-sprouting) technique, I’ve got butter peas, summer squash of several varieties, cucumbers (Armenian and a pickling cucumber), and okra [...]
Starting (or re-starting) a Garden in July
Posted in acorn squash, Arkansas, beans, butternut squash, cucumber, Food, frugal living, gardening, okra, organic food, organic gardening, watermelon, winter squash on July 25, 2010 | 8 Comments »
As regular readers know, our Grand Canyon adventure resulted in a lot of dead garden at our house. I could sit and weep among the remains of spring’s hopeful planting, or I can re-plant. I prefer re-planting. That means calculating days and figuring out what can germinate, grow, and be harvested before frost. One of [...]
Baba Ghanouj: Roasted, Mashed Eggplant for a tasty, cool summer supper
Posted in appetizer, beans, bread, carrots, chile, Community Supported Agriculture, Cooking And Baking, CSA, cucumber, dinner, dinner, eggplant, farmer's market, Food, frugal living, gardening, garlic, herbs, Middle Eastern food, peppers, peppers, radish, summer, vegetarian, whole grains, tagged cooking, dinner, Food, meatless Monday, recipes on July 19, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Meatless Mondays are making a comeback that they haven’t seen since the Great War–um, meaning World War I. Okay, yes, they had a resurgence in World War II, but that war was much less about slogans and much more about the reality of rationing. All that history aside, Meatless Mondays are a healthy way to [...]
Spicy Peanut-Sesame Noodles with broccoli and coconut-crusted chicken
Posted in appetizer, Asian food, beans, broccoli, carrots, chicken, chile, chives, cilantro, coconut, Community Supported Agriculture, Cooking And Baking, CSA, farmer's market, Food, gardening, garlic, greens, herbs, locavore, mustard, organic food, organic gardening, radish, red pepper, red peter pepper, seafood, shrimp, snow pea, vegetarian, whole grains, winter gardening, tagged cooking, dinner, family, Food, gardening, organic gardening, photography, recipe, recipes on April 11, 2010 | 15 Comments »
We went from wondering if another ice age was on its way to believing in global warming again this week. The unseasonably warm weather cried out for a cooler dinner, and gigantic chives and Asian mustard that went from salad size to mandatory cooking overnight made me think of some of our favorite pseudo-Asian meals. [...]
Roast Turkey and Wild Rice Soup with leeks, carrots, celery, beans, and chile
Posted in acorn squash, apple, beans, butter, carrots, celery, chicken, chile, Community Supported Agriculture, cranberries, CSA, frugal living, health, herbs, leeks, locavore, rice, soup, whole grains, winter squash, tagged cooking, dinner, economy, family, Food, photography, recipe, recipes on April 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We’re still polishing off the wonderful pasture-raised turkey that I got from Falling Sky Farm for Thanksgiving. You may remember that we ate a lot of turkey eat fresh then, but I also broke it down enough immediately to freeze some in various serving sizes. Today I’m going to use about four ounces of the turkey along [...]
Eat’em-up Edamame: selecting soybean seeds for the home garden
Posted in beans, beer, Cooking And Baking, Food, gardening, organic food, organic gardening, Uncategorized, tagged environment, Food, gardening, nature, organic gardening, recipes on February 23, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Among the seeds that I grew for the first time this year was a fresh-eating soybean (edamame: pronounced Ed-uh-mommy) called “beer friend.” ”Beer friend” grows on compact bushes and can be harvested in two relatively painless rounds. My single seed packet yielded two big, full gallon bags of edamame, blanched in salted water and quickly [...]
Bean Teepees: variety in small spaces
Posted in beans, frugal living, gardening, locavore, organic food, organic gardening, tagged beans, children, dinner, environment, family, Food, gardening, kids, nature, organic gardening, photography on February 10, 2010 | 8 Comments »
In the depths of winter and cabin fever, dreams of spring keep me going. As I look on my snow-shrouded bean teepees, I remember how beautiful they looked this past summer, so laden with beans and pushing their way to the sky. One person who saw them recommended if I heard a NASA countdown start, [...]
Homemade Vegetable Soup (with or without meat): a bowl full of coziness
Posted in beans, carrots, celery, corn, cornbread, Food, frugal living, health, locavore, okra, onions, organic food, organic gardening, slow cooker recipe, soup, Southern food, turkey, vegetarian, whole grains, tagged cooking, Crock Pot, dinner, family, Food, health, okra, recipes, slow cooker, soup, Southern food, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian on January 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I learned this recipe for vegetable soup from my Georgia grandmother. She made it with whatever meat she had on hand, often pot roast. My mother rarely made pot roast, so she cooked up ground beef. I use whatever poultry I have on hand, but you could easily make this a tasty, healthy vegan soup [...]
Beans, Cornbread, and Greens: a frugal, healthy Southern classic
Posted in beans, carrots, cast iron, celery, Cooking And Baking, cornbread, cucumber, Dutch oven, economy, family, frugal living, ham, health, onions, Pickle, slow cooker recipe, Southern food, turkey, vegetarian, whole grains, tagged beans, Crock Pot, environment, family, Food, greens, ham, history, recipes, slow cooker, Southern food, stove top on January 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Copyright 2010 Ozarkhomesteader. Short excerpts with full links are welcome. Beans and ham, beans and cornbread, navy bean soup, ham-bone soup, Senate bean soup: no matter what you call it, this old Southern favorite that’s not quite soup, not quite vegetable stew can include pork ham, turkey ham, or no animal flesh at all. The [...]
