It’s hot, but my kitchen is not. Dinner is cool. Today’s dinner starts with gazpacho, a chilled tomato-vegetable soup, accompanied by shrimp salad in cucumber boats and beets. I’ll post the gazpacho recipe separately. Now I’ll share the shrimp boats basics. I like these shrimp boats because they are chocked full of raw vegetables, and [...]
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Shrimp Boats: shrimp salad in cucumber boats to beat the summer heat
Posted in celery, cucumber, Food, frugal living, onions, peas, salad, seafood, shrimp, tagged cooking, dinner, Food, gardening, recipe, recipes, summer on July 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Lemony English Pea-Pod Pesto
Posted in Food, frugal living, gardening, garlic, herbs, organic gardening, peas, sea scallops, seafood, tagged cooking, economy, family, Food, recipe, recipes on May 17, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Today, after a few days away from the homestead, I picked a bounty of English peas. They were mighty tasty, even though all I did was a 1950s simmer in salted water with garlic and herbs.The only problem I see with a bounty of English peas is the apparent waste of the pods that are [...]
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 [...]
English Peas: in season, fresh, straight out of the pod
Posted in dinner, dinner, gardening, organic food, organic gardening, peas, sweet things, tagged dinner, Food, gardening, organic gardening, photography, recipes on May 8, 2010 | 5 Comments »
We are probably not going to have as many peas this year as I’d hoped; the timing of rain and unseasonably cold temperatures reduced our germination rates. Nonetheless, I’m still really happy, because I think the best way to eat English peas is fresh and straight out of the pod. I think one of the [...]
