Since I grow kale well into the late fall (I harvested the last bit of lacinato kale in the second week of December) and since it’s one of the more dependable winter vegetables from the health food store, even coming from local sources, we have developed plenty of ways of including it in dishes, from [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Scalloped Potatoes with Kale
Posted in Kale, Potatoes, Vegetable gratin, tagged Kale, potato on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Peppers Stuffed with Bulgur and Beef
Posted in Grains, Peppers, tagged Grains, Stuffed peppers on December 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There are dozens and dozens of ways that I make stuffed peppers. Since peppers tend to come in droves either during the farm season or in the seconds bin at the health food store, I tend to accumulate them. Not just green peppers but the colored ones too. Stuffed peppers appeal to the Queen of [...]
Tabletop Snowman Welcomes Winter
Posted in Uncategorized on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Streusel Coffeecake
Posted in Coffee cake, tagged Coffee cake, quick bread on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is my family’s favorite coffeecake, served early on Christmas morning to stave off hunger while we open the presents in our stockings, and on other occasions throughout the year. I’ve made this for so long that I have no idea where the recipe came from. While the streusel mixture could be only a topping, [...]
Vanilla Extract, Homestyle
Posted in Preserving, Vanilla, tagged Gifts, Preserving on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Because I like to make things from scratch and re-use anything I can, I’ve recently been labeled “hard-core.” I take that as a compliment even though it was a remark from a pair of co-workers trying to figure out just what was in those jars that I left as gifts. Maybe I better add instructions [...]
Gifts from the Pantry
Posted in Preserving, tagged Gifts, Thanksgiving on December 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Over the summer and early fall, I put up something every two weeks on average, depending on what was in the farmers’ market or in the field at the Farm. I made jams and pickles, some consumed right away and others put up for gifts: strawberries in balsamic vinegar, pickled asparagus with garlic, rhubarb stewed [...]
Cranberry Sorbet
Posted in Cranberries, Sorbet, Thanksgiving, tagged Cranberries, Sorbet on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes I struggle with the proportions of sorbet ingredients to be able to achieve a smooth, almost creamy texture rather than a block of ice. I made a yummy cantaloupe sorbet this summer that was great fresh out of the ice cream maker but froze to a poor consistency. I think it’s partly in the [...]
First Ice
Posted in Uncategorized on December 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Eternity: Two People and a _______, the Last Bite
Posted in Potatoes, Thanksgiving, tagged Croquettes, Thanksgiving on December 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There’s an old joke that eternity can be defined as two people and a ham. Now I can attest to an alternative: two people and a turkey. With the brood departing after the holiday weekend and not taking anything with them, there was a passel of left-behinds. A little of this and that and a [...]
Beets on Beets
Posted in Beets, Salad, tagged Beets, Salad on December 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The other day, I was leafing through years of journals that I’ve kept documenting the bounty from “the Farm,” our local CSA organization, looking for a recipe I vaguely remembered. I was amused to see so many entries about beets and beet greens. At least one or two a year! And pretty much on the [...]
