Eat where you live
Eat where you live – hyper local and organic – as intimate as food can be Earth Day is an opportunity to contemplate how your actions support the earth: the atmosphere, the land, the animals, all of it. For [...]
April CSA 2020
April CSA 2020 We are reaching the true end of winter! The storage crops are dwindling and the spring greens are just beginning to establish themselves. This time of year is [...]
Coronavirus Appears on the Rural Horizon
Coronavirus Appears on the Rural Horizon This morning my dear friend, Cate Havstad, from Casad Family Farms came rolling into my driveway in her diesel truck. She wanted to do a little brainstorming [...]
Carrot and Golden Beet Cupcakes with Lemony Cream Cheese Frosting
Carrot and Golden Beet Cupcakes with Lemony Cream Cheese Frosting I haven't left my house for 15 days. I never thought I would say that in my life. It was [...]
Carrot and Golden (Beet) Milk Smoothies
Carrot and Golden (Beet) Milk Smoothies How are you all holding up with the shelter-in-place order? I'm going a little stir crazy and haven't left the house in 15 days... and counting. I [...]
Mozzarella Stuffed Broccoli and Beef Arancini
I am still up 5 lbs. and still coming off the high of eating aaaall the things in Italy last month. The memory is too romantic to not keep it going. Risotto is like a love affair; so wrong, [...]
Caprese Chicken
Whisk me off to Italy, and never bring me back! Here is a hearty rendition of a classic salad, and a lovely way to keep summer going. Ingredients:1.5 lbs. Chicken (I love thighs)8 oz. Fresh mozzarella1 cup loosely [...]
Pasta Primavera with Fennel Crema
If you’re like me, you hate wasting anything that you spent your hard earned money on. (Don’t act like you’ve never stuck your hand in an almost empty peanut butter jar to get the last nutty taste!) It [...]
Frost and the Cellar
As these clear October nights dip into the teens, the team at Rainshadow Organics hustles to put food up for winter. They have pickled, sauced, jammed, and fermented since mid-July. Their farm store shelves are full from floor [...]
A ‘Beeting’ Heart
As I have been on this literally-eat-the-whole-animal crusade, I thought it fitting to feel my way through a heart dish. The last of the winter beets were sweet and ready to be eaten as we are on the [...]
