Category Archives: recipes
Autumn Vegetable Stew
Here’s a tasty seasonal dish that’s easily adaptable to use whatever root vegetables you have on hand. I always like to include some beets because they give the stew a pretty red color, but any combination of root vegetables will work well. … Continue reading
Corn Pancakes
This week’s CSA basket consisted largely of corn on the cob and tomatoes. I could have made a nice, tomato-y vegetable soup (there were also a few carrots, green peppers, and some kale in the basket), but I already have a … Continue reading
Summer Vegetable Soup
This is the soup for the throw-whatever-you-have-on-hand-into-the-pot cook (like me). You can pretty much use whatever vegetables you have around, and it’s a great way to enjoy the late August abundance of your garden or CSA basket. It’s turned out quite tasty every time … Continue reading
Potato Pancakes: Variations on a Theme
It may be April, but it’s still a bit wintry here in northern New England, with patches of snow all around and cold, brown ground wherever there isn’t snow. So, alas, the spring greens are weeks away and local meals … Continue reading
Cabbage and Roots Soup
There is a farm just down the road from where I used to live that has a winter CSA. They provide a weekly basket of winter storage vegetables — cabbage, carrots, turnips, beets, celeriac, potatoes, yams, onions, garlic — making … Continue reading
A Basic Quiche Recipe
Quiche is fairly easy to make and is a good way to cook with local ingredients. Here’s the basic recipe that I use: 4 eggs 1 1/2 cups milk 1/2 to 1 cup grated cheese salt and herbs to taste … Continue reading
Bread Pudding +
I love anything custard-y, so bread pudding is high on my list of things to make. It’s a really versatile dish that can be made sweet or savory and varied with all sorts of additions, so it can easily be … 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
Elderberry Muffins
Another thing I am going to miss when my house sells is the elderberry bushes. There was a great crop this year. Here they are, just beginning to ripen. Even though they were turning ripe right around the time that I … Continue reading
Cleaning Out the Jam Cupboard
I found this cool old cookbook in my mother’s kitchen. I think she found it in her mother’s kitchen. I probably won’t want to try the recipe for jellied chicken, though the one for shredded wheat with malted milk looks … Continue reading
My Edible Backyard 