Making this soup was a real stumble-on event. I had picked up a giant head of red mustard at the farmers’ market, not having any idea what I would do with it. Then, as I was getting ready to plant another portion of my kitchen garden, I was leafing through Sylvia Thompson’s excellent volumes, The [...]
Archive for the ‘Corn’ Category
Mustard Greens Soup with Corn and Black Beans
Posted in Corn, Greens, Soup, tagged Mustard greens on April 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Dark Days 15 Vegetarian Challenge: Pumpkin Polenta with Kale
Posted in Corn, Dark Days Challenge, Greens, tagged Pumpkin polenta on February 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A continuing series on weekly meals that use sustainable, organic, local and ethical food during the challenging winter months. For more information, go here to the DDC section of Not Dabbling in Normal’s website: Dark Days Challenge. In which I serve a satisfying pumpkin polenta on a bed of kale, another in a series of [...]
Sautéed Corn with Pepper and Tomato
Posted in Corn, Peppers, Tomato, tagged Louisiana maquechoix on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What? Still serving fresh corn on the cob in New Jersey in October? You bet. No killer frost yet. Our local farm stand has a crop of corn in peak condition and another waiting, though we don’t have high hopes for the last one because the nights are getting too cold for the corn to [...]
Timbale of Collards, Red Pepper and Corn
Posted in Corn, Greens, Peppers, Vegetable gratin, tagged Collards custard on October 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A savory custard envelopes seasonal vegetables to make a simple but satisfying vegetarian meal. (It would also welcome a few cubes of smoked ham if you’re so inclined.) Like quiche filling without the crust, this is a riff on one of my standbys, extended by adding corn and red pepper to the collard leaves and [...]
Peppers Stuffed with Corn, Zucchini and Basil
Posted in Corn, Peppers, Uncategorized, Zucchini, tagged Corn filled peppers on September 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The weather at the end of September has been warm enough for me to continue to appreciate the late summer and early fall harvest of peppers, eggplants, squash, corn and tomatoes, although the fall roots such as celeriac and beets are starting to be available. Peppers are the current season’s prize, arriving large and small, [...]
Waste Not Want Not – Getting the Most from your Food: Corn Broth
Posted in Corn, Waste Not Want Not, Zucchini, tagged Using corncobs, Waste not want not food advice on August 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Waste not want not” is an old proverb, a drop of conventional wisdom that occurs to me frequently when I am dealing with food. I often see the catchy phrase used to promote recycling programs. While I’m an avid recycler, I more typically try to avoid the waste in the first place. As I’ve said [...]
Dark Days Week 16: Pan-roasted Mushrooms and Roasted Tomatoes on Polenta
Posted in Corn, Dark Days Challenge, Grains, Mushrooms, tagged Polenta with roasted vegetables on March 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
At one time, communities throughout the US had their own gristmills, where farmers could take their grain to be ground, leaving a small amount for the miller as his pay. We still see remnants of those buildings throughout the northeast. A couple of weeks ago, a writer named Scott Peacock, who collaborated with late Edna [...]
Okra: Steamed, Stewed, Frittered and Fried – Part 2
Posted in Corn, Okra, Pancakes, tagged Okra corn pancakes on September 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On we go with a bonanza of okra harvested weekly from our CSA farm. Here we have fritters (or more properly pancakes) that combined cornmeal and flour with buttermilk and eggs, and added okra, scallions and corn. They were served over tomato sauce and garnished with steamed okra and corn and snipped herbs. This recipe [...]
Corn and Tomato Canapes
Posted in Appetizers, Corn, Tomato, tagged Corn and tomato appetizer, Creamed corn on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
These lovely little bites of creamed corn and miniature cherry tomatoes on puff pastry used up a little of this and that to make some tasty treats. Melissa Clark, writing in the New York Times this last week, talked about her summer-long obsession with creamed corn. This is not something I’d normally make but now [...]
Fresh Corn Salad with Pepper Salsa
Posted in Corn, Peppers, Salad, tagged Corn salad, pepper salsa on August 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When I cook for a large annual picnic in August, I always want to serve local corn but it’s a pain to grill or boil it on the cob. And yet I want it to be as fresh and sweet as possible, so I devised a salad of barely cooked corn cooked at the last [...]
