Category Archives: food from the garden
Roasted Roots
I’m still working my way through that large bag of sweet potatoes from the CSA. The other day I decided to roast them in the oven with other root vegetables. When you roast root vegetables, you can greatly reduce the … Continue reading
Making Gypsy Soup
I got a large bag of sweet potatoes from the CSA this week. So I decided to make gypsy soup. You might remember this recipe from the original Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen. If you happen to have a copy of … Continue reading
Zucchini Bread
Autumn has come and with it the end of what-am-I-going-to-do-with-all-this-zucchini season. Earlier this week I used my one last, lone zucchini to make one of my favorite treats – zucchini bread. This quick bread freezes well so it is a way, though … Continue reading
Hazelnuts
One thing I’m really going to miss about my old house when it finally sells is the hazelnut bushes. There are four of them, planted by the previous owner. I’ve been getting some pretty good harvests from them in the … Continue reading
So Many Tomatoes
There’s nothing like the taste of a freshly-picked tomato, but oh, jeez, there are just so many of them this time of year. Just about every meal these days seems to contain something tomato-y. And as if the piles of … Continue reading
Eating Chives
I have lots of chives on my property, put there by the previous owner. Strangely, he planted them beneath two spruce trees. I guess he didn’t consider the fact that the trees would grow and spread their shade. But they … Continue reading
Eating Radishes
I’ve been harvesting radishes from the garden this week. I planted two kinds – cherry belle and French breakfast, a small spicy radish. Mostly I just eat them as a snack right out of the ground, but sometimes I slice … Continue reading
My Edible Backyard 