Tag: Recipe

  • Carrots and more carrots!

    I spent all weekend scrubbing, slicing, blanching, and freezing carrots.  I even pickled a couple of pints.  I know I will be sad when they are all gone, but for now, I am glad that I am done with them. I used this recipe from Gourmet for the dilled carrots.  I had just pulled some…

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  • It is almost blackberry time.

    The beginning of June is blackberry time.  Every year I go to the local “You Pick” farm and pick at least a flat.  And, every year when I get home with all of the blackberries I wonder, “What were you thinking?”  I freeze it, make jam, make a few cobblers, and make a few pitchers…

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  • Pomegranate Green Tea Gelato

    OK—Sorry no pic.  We ate it so fast I did not have time to snap a photo. I based this gelato on Gourmet‘s “Pomegranate Gelato” from September 2006.  Since I wanted this gelato to be kid friendly and I did not have any pom liqueur, I was wondering what else I could use to make…

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  • Lasagna from scratch, locally

    Step 1:  Start the sauce. Try roasting your local or home-grown tomatoes, garlic and onions in the oven with olive oil and whatever fresh herbs you have on hand.  (I got this idea from a friend who is also a “localvore.”)  Add salt and pepper and roast in a 400 degree oven for about an hour.  …

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  • Whose afraid of yeast?

    Rustic Country Bread Recipe–Don’t worry, this is an easy one!

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