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Zucchini Soup
Here’s a tasty way to enjoy the zucchini from your garden. Zucchini Sausage Soup 1 lb sweet Italian sausage 1 large onion, chopped. 1 28 oz. can diced tomatoes (or equivalent amount of fresh tomatoes) 4 cups broth (I use … Continue reading
Minty Pasta
Last summer, some peppermint I had planted in front of the house was looking somewhat distressed , so I moved it to the back of the house and gave it a place by the lilac bush. Its new home seems to suit … Continue reading
Spruce Tip Poundcake
Spruce tips are tasty and apparently loaded with vitamin C, and since they are abundant where I live, I am always looking for ways to cook with them. Spruce tips are the new growth that emerges at the end of … Continue reading
Dandelion Greens Soup
This is a tasty dish you can make with an ingredient that is probably growing right outside your back door. Dandelions are everywhere, but be careful where you harvest them from. Only take them from places where you know no herbicides … Continue reading
The First Herbs of Spring
Seventy degree weather today is rapidly melting what was left of the snow from our April Fool’s Day snowstorm. Now the little bits of life that have been hibernating under the ground all winter are starting to reappear. In the herb garden … Continue reading
Carrot Cookies
I picked up some rather hefty carrots at the farm stand this week. They just seemed to be crying out, “Grate us up and bake something with us.” So I did. I decided on these carrot cookies: Carrot Cookies 1 … Continue reading
Winter Vegetable Soup
In winter time in northern New England, local eating consists largely of root vegetables, cabbage, and squash. Fortunately, there are plenty of delicious ways to prepare them. I get my winter vegetables from a farm stand in the next town over. … Continue reading
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