Latkes–fluffy, savory pancakes made of grated potatoes–make a filling base for a cold-weather meal. We make them with regular potatoes, but we also like them made with sweet potatoes, whose bright orange color fits our fall mood so well. Sweet potatoes are also loaded with nutrients, so be thankful if they’ve been showing up at [...]
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Sweet Potato Pancakes: latkes with a twist
Posted in apple butter, cabbage, Community Supported Agriculture, CSA, farmer's market, onions, potatoes, sweet potato, sweet things, tagged dinner, Food, recipe, recipes, vegetarian on November 19, 2010 | 14 Comments »
Spicy Asian Veggie, Chicken, and Coconut Milk Noodle Bowl
Posted in Asian food, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, chile, cilantro, coconut, Cooking And Baking, CSA, dinner, dinner, eggplant, farmer's market, Food, leeks, mushrooms, organic food, organic gardening, pasta, peas, recipes, red pepper, red peter pepper, rice, seafood, shrimp, snow pea, soup, tagged cooking, dinner, Food, photography, recipe, recipes on May 12, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Tonight we had huge noodle bowls for dinner, relying on fresh produce and poultry from our back yard or Conway Locally Grown. These noodle bowls are packed with veggies, spice, and cooling coconut milk (which, alas, is not local at all). Unfortunately, after I planned the dish, I discovered that my neglected fresh ginger was [...]
Gator: eat one before it eats you!
Posted in alligator, buttermilk, cabbage, carrots, chile, Food, Southern food, wildlife, tagged animals, cooking, environment, family, Food, nature, photography, recipes on March 2, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Every once in a while, we get a hankering for alligator. Once on the verge of extinction, American gator has come back from the brink. You might as well eat it. Grin. Thank goodness, gator comes from an adjoining state to Arkansas–Louisiana–so it’s sort of local. Arkansas actually has gator too, but Arkansas gator doesn’t [...]
After the storm: tunnels of veggie love, still lovin’
Posted in broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, cold frames, Food, kale, organic food, organic gardening, radish, winter gardening, tagged cold frame, environment, Food, nature, organic gardening, snow, vegetable tunnel, winter, winter gardening on February 8, 2010 | 6 Comments »
After more than an inch of ice and at least half a foot of snow precipitated on us and then lingered for four days in late January and early February, I had my doubts about whether my veggie tunnels would still have viable veggies in them. Temperatures, after all, have been running about ten degrees [...]
Cole Slaw: sweet, sour, creamy goodness
Posted in cabbage, carrots, economy, Food, frugal living, fusion cuisine, locavore, organic food, organic gardening, Pickle, radish, red pepper, vegetarian, winter gardening, tagged bread-and-butter pickles, cabbage, carrots, cole slaw, dinner, economy, family, Food, health, recipes, supper on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Cole slaw has the refreshing flavor of summer, but the cabbage that makes up most of cole slaw is primarily a winter vegetable here (although I do get it to keep growing all summer with careful planting placement). On warmer winter days, cole slaw with pulled chicken barbeque feels like a summer picnic, although slaw is [...]
No Haggis, Please: Burns Scottish Supper
Posted in beer, cabbage, kale, leeks, potatoes, whole grains, tagged baking, cooking, culture, Food, history, recipes, Robert Burns, rumpledethump, Scottish food on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today is Robert Burns’s birthday, and since I’m both of Scottish descent and lacking meal ideas, I decided to dedicate tonight’s dinner to Scottish traditional food. We’re having rumpledethump (onion, mashed potato, and cabbage casserole), smoked salmon, and oat bannocks alongside Bellhaven Scottish ale. I may also add leek and tattie soup–better known as potato-leek [...]
Brrrrrrrrr Report: winter gardening lives!
Posted in broccoli, cabbage, cold frames, gardening, organic food, organic gardening, winter gardening, tagged environment, Food, organic gardening, winter gardening on January 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier I wrote about various ways to sustain winter gardening, including grow tunnels. The recent weather, with temperatures down close to zero overnight and never getting out of the 20s (F) during the day really challenged all of my winter protection measures. I’m pleased to report few casualties, though, and most of those things [...]
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 [...]
An Ozark tribute to Hanukkah
Posted in cabbage, cast iron, farmer's market, frugal living, potatoes, winter gardening, tagged braised red cabbage, Food, Hanukkah, holidays, latkes, spiced apples on December 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In case you hadn’t guessed, we’re not Jewish. We can still appreciate a variation on Hanukkah food, though, since it’s in season and able to be locally grown (much of which we got from Conway Locally Grown). Tonight we had latkes (potato pancakes) served with yogurt (in lieu of sour cream), braised onions and red [...]
Tunnel of Veggie Love: Winter Gardening Again
Posted in broccoli, cabbage, Christmas food, Food, frugal living, gardening, winter gardening, tagged broccoli, cabbage, freeze warnings, grow tunnel, winter gardening on November 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Watch this site for an upcoming post on using grow tunnels to protect your cool-weather-hardy veggies from freezing temperatures. I’d be posting full details now, but I just got finished putting my tunnels on my broccoli and cabbage and now need to make dinner with what’s left of warm-season eggplant and tomatoes. :)
