I created this salad for one, it’s what I had for lunch, with a couple spears of asparagus, an egg, lettuce and spring herbs. My small planting of asparagus gives a few spears a week, not enough to make it a meal but it’s perfect for this salad. Notice I said to use cooked asparagus, [Read more...]
I have never been a cooked carrot fan; just ask my husband, I never make them as a side dish. I love adding them to soups and other dishes but never by themselves. I have been seeing recipes for roasted carrots lately and I know I love other veggies roasted, so why not give it [Read more...]
Our Bunco theme last night was “procrastination” and we were asked to bring a “last minute” dish that you bring to parties- you know the ones where you need to be there in an hour and have nothing to make? The dish that you always have ingredients for in your pantry- that’s perfect! Well, what [Read more...]
Are you on a low-carb or gluten free diet? Do you want a healthy recipe using local in season produce or do you want a recipe that simply tastes great? The following recipe I created answers yes to any of those questions. In season spaghetti squash and Broccoli Rabe, also known as Rapini, topped with [Read more...]
Another Bunco month and I needed a quick dish to take so I made great northern beans with roasted red pepper and slivered fresh sage leaves. I quizzed a few of the Bunco Babes and they weren’t quite sure what the herb was, surprise fresh sage leaves! Tastes nothing like dried sage out of jar. [Read more...]
As a child I was never crazy about sweet potatoes, they were just too sweet. Remember the marshmallows? Or they were served with brown sugar, cinnamon sugar, praline topping and even more sweet. When my husband and I bought our first house we were invited to the neighbors for a cookout. He was Italian and [Read more...]
Last week Farmer John sent back a ton of produce! I was blown away, he had such a poor summer growing season but his fall crop was great. He sent back cabbage, kale, bok choy, another type of Chinese cabbage, Swiss chard, lettuce, arugula, radishes, summer squash and a cucumber. The greens always taste better [Read more...]
The gardening season is winding down; I’m picking the last of the red tomatoes and pickling the green ones. I’m also making batches of pesto and freezing it for the winter, see pesto recipe and how to freeze at homegardencook. When you thought I couldn’t come up with another pesto recipe, here’s another one. Not [Read more...]
I have been interested in the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program and recently bought a trial box from Rock Dove Farms in Central Ohio. It was exciting to see what I would get and I was ready to get cooking. It reminds me of the cooking competitions where you get a box of ingredients and [Read more...]
Simply Swiss Chard Swiss Chard is easy to grow, comes in beautiful colors and has a wonderful mild flavor. Its beauty makes it perfect for the flower beds or to mix in with your container flowers, not just the veggie garden. Some people say it tastes like spinach or greens, but not really. Unlike greens, [Read more...]