Regular readers know I’m all about using what we grow here, in season. Fortunately, some foods stay seasonal months after you’d think possible, such as the butternut squash that I picked in early November and kept in a cool room for winter, preserving it for our use last night. For dinner we ate roasted butternut [...]
Archive for the ‘beets’ Category
Roasted Vegetables Fusilli with Italian Sausage and Goat Cheese
Posted in beets, butter, cast iron, cheese, chile, comfort food, Community Supported Agriculture, Cooking And Baking, CSA, dinner, dinner, Food, frugal living, gardening, herbs, Italian, leeks, mushrooms, onions, organic food, organic gardening, pasta, red pepper, red peter pepper, sausage, sweet things, turkey, vegetarian, tagged dinner, Food, photography, recipe, recipes on May 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Chicken Breasts stuffed with bleu cheese, figs, and walnuts
Posted in beets, cast iron, chicken, Community Supported Agriculture, CSA, dried fruit, Food, garlic, herbs, leeks, organic food, sweet things, walnut, wine, tagged chicken, cooking, dinner, family, Food, organic food, photography, recipe, recipes on April 14, 2010 | 6 Comments »
I guess if I had to explain this recipe inspiration, I’d say it’s the dried figs and bleu cheese sitting in my fridge and the chicken in my freezer. I’ve been getting a tangy, creamy bleu cheese (blue cheese) from a Minnesota creamery that rivals European bleus. The figs are organic but, sadly, all the [...]
Roasted root vegetables, chicken breast with red pepper relish, and beet greens with goat cheese
Posted in beets, carrots, cast iron, cheese, chicken, Community Supported Agriculture, Cooking And Baking, CSA, farmer's market, Food, frugal living, gardening, greens, herbs, leeks, locavore, organic food, organic gardening, radish, red pepper, sweet things, turnips, winter gardening, tagged cooking, dinner, family, Food, gardening, organic gardening, photography, recipe, recipes on April 9, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Tonight we’re feasting on sweet roasted root vegetables, beet greens, and roasted chicken breast. Except for the chicken, goat cheese, and olive oil, the meal is coming from our garden, a harvest of root vegetables that got a head start over the winter and are now yielding Yum! Whether you’re feasting on fresh root vegetables [...]
Eating out in Portland: Veritable Quandary
Posted in beets, chile, chocolate, dessert, Food, locavore, organic food, tagged dinner, environment, Food, Portland, recipes on March 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I generally avoid talking about food I eat off the homestead, but since I’ve been out of town since Wednesday, I can’t share any new recipes easily. Instead, I’d like to talk tonight about the dinner I had at a Portland restaurant called Veritable Quandary. I truly was in a quandary about what to order [...]
Winter Gardening: coping with freezing temperatures
Posted in beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, chard, cold frames, gardening, kale, leeks, organic gardening, sausage, winter gardening, tagged Food, freeze, gardening, kale, leeks, sausage, winter gardening on January 7, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Our winter garden has had a really challenging week, and it’s only getting worse. I’ve taken all of the basic precautions, but when temperatures drop well below freezing and stay there for days, I know I’m going to lose some things. The first thing I did was cut a whole bunch of kale and pull [...]
