I‘m over at Simple Bites today talking about my favorite winter vegetable – winter squash. I share how to select squash that will keep for months without a root cellar and how to prepare and cook them for maximum flavor and nutrition.
If you’re still leery of these delicious, nutritious and versatile beauties then head over and read the whole article.
Pictured above is the first red tomato to come from our heirloom tomato plants. We have gotten cherry tomatoes and small globes here and there, but I have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the ripe brandywines. Generally I really enjoy a sliced brandywine, but today I will have to pass. I spent 11 hours…
I have always found baking to be a wonderful way to simultaneously explore my interests in science and feeding others. Cooking might be my first passion, with its flexibility and lack of rules. But baking… baking sans recipe takes the willingness to fail openly and miserably as well as a bit of a scientific hypothesis…
Now that we’re into December citrus season is starting. Here in the mid-west we don’t grow a lot of oranges, lemons, or grapefruits so we must ship them in from California, Florida, and Texas. Because of this they are a special treat in the cold, dark days of winter. Until I started cooking from scratch…
It is cold, windy and damp here. All of our snow has melted over the past few days, but we are expecting more on Saturday. That means I won’t exactly be getting fresh produce from the market or our own garden. So why did I write a check out to a farmer last week when…
I stand in the kitchen snuggling my cooing babe while looking up at her oldest brother and the juxtaposition leaves me breathless. I hold onto that baby like she’s oxygen because, I ask myself daily, will this be the last one? I know I’ve asked myself the same thing with the previous three but I’m…
After a busy weekend that left the house in shambles I need a few easy meals this week so that I can get caught up on spring cleaning. I’m not complaining, though. I was able to spend a couple of hours digging, weeding and planting cabbage, kale, swiss chard and lettuce yesterday. I am sun…
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We’re talking about squash today too! I hope you can link up (either this post or the one on Simple Bites.)
http://blog.foodonthetable.com/2010/09/no-whine-wednesday-squash-dinnertime-dissent/