This month has flown by, and it’s taken me almost the whole time to work up enough content for a post- but I’ll be leaving for vacation tomorrow and I didn’t want to leave without sharing some kitchen inspiration. Frank and I have been spending most of our free time carving out small biking adventures….
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Crab Cakes, Wild Mushrooms & Chicken Tacos, Time for Another CSA Sunday!
Between the weekly CSA delivered to my door, the berries growing along my fence and the routine trips to the Co-op down the street, I am super privileged and grateful to have a fridge full of fresh and seasonal produce. After a busy couple of weeks I’ve finally had enough time to sit down and…
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Salads, Pizzas & Smashed Potatoes, it’s CSA Sunday!
And this week makes 3 weeks since my first CSA of the season showed up at my door! It’s been fun getting pushed out of my comfort zone and trying new things. Here is what we had to work with this week: lacinato kale- aka dino kale, dark leafy green that takes well to sautéeing,…
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Another Week, Another CSA
Once again, delivered fresh to our door by the wonderful Prairie Oak Farms, another Spring CSA! Here’s what we have this week: collard greens- hearty leafy green member of the cabbage family, known most for being bacons more healthy counterpart mustard greens- aka Chinese mustard, found all over in Asian, Indian & African American cuisine….
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Let’s Get Stoned (Fruit)
This week I’d like to focus on stone fruit. I got inspiration for this subject when Frank and I were on our way back from a recent weekend spent in Eastern Washington. Frank had taken on a small catered dinner for some friends at Alexandria Nicole Cellars Winery on Destiny Ridge, which allowed us to…
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What’s Cookin’ in this Weekly CSA?
Last week my boyfriend Frank and I received our first CSA box delivered by a friend of Three Magnets Brewing (the brewery & pub house where Frank is the head chef & I am the events coordinator), Joy of Prairie Oak Farms. We had signed up for her CSA last year and after hearing last…
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Nearing the End of Asparagus Season
When I think of spring, I typically think of flowers blooming & berries ripening. I don’t think of asparagus. Asparagus, much like green beans, makes me think of limp, boiled, undersalted & fibrous sides that are only meant to meet the bare minimum vegetable serving requirement for dinner… but after ending up with many handfuls…
