Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
My Farm Share Week 11 Summary
As I told you last Wednesday, the tomatoes we received were on their last leg and had to be used ASAP. So, that night, after work, I went to the market and got 1 pound each of ground beef and ground pork, 1 can each of black beans and kidney beans and a bottle of vegetable [...]
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
My Farm Share Week 11
Well folks, we are at the half way mark for our farm shares. The time is really flying by and I am having a lot of fun working with the awesome variety of vegetables that we receive each week. If you are not yet a member of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), I [...]
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
My Farm Share Week 10 Wrap-Up
Good Morning, Dear Reader. I had a great time “playing” with my food this week. Luckily, my mother never taught me not to play with my food… what fun I would miss out on!
The photo below is an awesome salad I made with the 2 larger cucumbers (seeded), grape [...]
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Local vs. Organic
I have a question… Which is the best way to buy: Local or Organic?
There are many ways to debate this question and tons of research to support each side, I’m sure. Buying local products reduces the amount of fossil fuel burned in transporting the products to us, thereby reducing the emission of [...]
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
My Farm Share Week 10
Good Morning All! I am really excited today as we received a very colorful box of vegetables this morning… a bunch of spinach (I love spinach!), a bunch of yellow and white Swiss chard, a few sprigs of Italian parsley, 4 cucumbers, 4 red tomatoes, a bag of grape tomatoes, 3 cubanelle peppers (1 [...]
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
My Farm Share Week 9 Comes To An End
For some reason, I was much more efficient in getting our vegetables eaten this week. Usually, I am frantically trying to find new and exciting ways to use the vegetables and I just barely manage to get it done in time for this post. One trick I’ve learned is to cook the vegetables [...]
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
My Farm Share Week 9
Firstly, please accept my apologies for posting so late. I like to post by 11:00AM but I was very busy with work today and then once I got home, my blog server/host was down. Ugh.
Onto more pleasant thoughts…
Today, we received a really beautiful variety of vegetables: 4 bell peppers (2 green, 1 purple and 1light [...]
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
My Farm Share Week 8 in Review
This week has been a whirlwind and I must admit I am a bit behind in using all of my vegetables. I am going to finish them up tonight though. It was a challenge getting all of the vegetables eaten in 6 day’s time this week as I have been super busy with [...]
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
My Farm Share Week 8
Holy Moly, I can not believe it has already been 8 weeks… the time has really flown by! My husband (the sweetest man in the world) told me last night that he is really impressed with my ability to creatively use all of the vegetables in the short span of 6-7 days. I [...]
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
My Farm Share Week 7 Summary
This week, the flavors and aromas coming from my kitchen were all over the map. From the American Deep South to Latin America to India.
The pole beans I received this week were a bit tough so I braised them into submission with tomatoes, onions and garlic.
This dish reminds me of my Great-Grandma Hollingsworth, from [...]
