I don’t really follow recipes: I mostly just look at a few, or none, and cook with what I have. I’ve been amazed at my ability, even enjoyment in following the recipes in Simply Natural Everyday, but for this summer squash soup recipe, I made a few substitutions, as is my thrifty/curious cooking way. While [...]
Archive for July, 2011
15 Jul
Han Dynasty, or, a spice lover finally makes it to “handynasty”
Considering my deep and abiding love for spice, it’s amazing that it took me so long to make it to Han Dynasty, colloquially known as “handynasty.” I think it’s Old City location (versus Chinatown) threw me off, but when I went out of my way to make it in the door, bottle of crisp white [...]
13 Jul
Raw Turnip, Kholrabi, and Apple Salad
So many greens! I don’t know about you, but when I pull a beet up from my garden or pull turnips out of my CSA share, I’m not looking at one vegetable, but two – the bulbs and the greens! So many people chop their greens off and throw them in the compost, but it’s [...]
12 Jul
Beet Green Tart
I grew heaps of beautiful chiogga beets this year, and they just keep coming in the CSA. I can’t bring myself to compost those healthy greens, so I blanch and freeze some of them for winter and use the rest as I can. While searching for a new and guest-worthy recipe, I can across this [...]
7 Jul
Broccoli Gribiche
This salad has been rocking my world. I’m not really a big broccoli fan, so I’m always looking for new ways to enjoy the large and lovely crowns that appear in my CSA box. The above salad is from Super Natural Everyday (I know, I know, just buy it already) with a few variations. I [...]
6 Jul
Early Summer Harvest
In addition to the full share CSA from Lancaster Farm Fresh that I share with my housemate, I have two 8X4 raised beds that I constructed in the abandoned yard next to my house. This year I really got on the early planting, and this early attention has yielded great early summer crops. I thought [...]
