Vegetables

Pan Roasted Asparagus

May 4, 2012
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Despite asparagus being available year around I still think of it as a Springtime vegetables.  When I was a child one of the highlights of our Easter dinner was the platter of fresh, first of the season,  asparagus that my mom always served with baked ham and creamed new potatoes and peas. Asparagus is one [...]

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Happy New Year ~ A Roundup of My Favorite Everyday Recipes

January 1, 2012
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 Happy New Year! I always look forward to versions of the year’s favorite and most popular recipes that appear on many of the blogs I follow.  It’s a good reminder of the posts I have bookmarked and it gives me a second chance to see some great recipes that I missed the first time around. [...]

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Duck Fat – Potato Galette with Caraway and Sweet Onions

December 8, 2011
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  I had a wonderful visit with family when I flew to Chicago last week for the Thanksgiving holiday.   It was a rare opportunity for us to spend a holiday together and I loved every minute of it.  My daughter and SIL are true foodies and are always more than willing to show me [...]

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Roasted Butternut Squash Soup and a Little Central Oregon Break

October 24, 2011
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  Butternut squash soup recipes are all over the internet this time of year and I’ve tried many of them.  It’s no surprise to me that Ina’s recipe is my favorite.  Roasting the squash, onions and apples brings out a sweetness that can’t be achieved by simmering or sauteing them and a bit of curry [...]

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Celeriac (Celery Root) Salad

October 6, 2011
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  I’m very happy to share this recipe with you today for two reasons: it is the oldest recipe in my Mom’s voluminous files that she assembled over many decades, and celeriac is a nutritious and delicious vegetable that many cooks have never even seen let alone prepared.  This recipe for celeriac salad is written [...]

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Ina’s Zucchini Gratin

September 18, 2011
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  I wouldn’t have given this recipe a second look if I hadn’t found it in a cookbook I just purchased. I wanted Ina Garten’s Barefoot in Paris for ages and luckily found the last copy at Costco recently.  I love Ina’s books and the addition of this one completes my collection of her cookbooks.  Like [...]

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Braised Whole Chokeless Baby Artichokes

July 31, 2011
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    I recently posted a recipe for Roman Style Artichokes and mentioned that my farmers’ market neighbor who grows and sells artichokes had a very small chokeless variety for sale.  I got lots of questions about them because most readers have never heard of such a thing and removing the choke from a raw [...]

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Oven Roasted Tomatoes, Tomato Basil Soup, and Grilled Cheese Croutons

July 25, 2011
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    Local tomatoes are just beginning to appear in our farmers’ markets and I can hardly wait for those thick, juicy slices of vine ripened, sweet tomatoes for salads, sandwiches, tarts, soups and sauces.  I posted this recipe for oven roasted tomatoes several years ago and it is one of my most read posts [...]

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Farmer’s Market Finds: What’s New at This Week’s Market

July 7, 2011
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    Strawberries are the star of the show right now.     A vendor in the booth next to mine grows the most beautiful artichokes you will ever find.  His farm is in Tillamook, a small town on Oregon’s central coast. The climate is perfect there.     Tissue paper thin skins are the [...]

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