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I love convenience foods like asparagus and eggs—that is, convenience foods that Mother Nature makes. With asparagus and eggs, you can make a meal faster than the guy next door can pry open a box and the interior packaging of Hamburger Helper.
For instance, I wanted a nice hot meal but didn’t want to spend a [...]

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It was chilly the other night, and I’d brought home some gorgeous red Swiss chard from the Merc. (The photo doesn’t do it justice.)

So I pulled some chicken stock out of the freezer and proceeded to make a nice risotto with chard. Turned out I didn’t have any Parmesan, so I grated up a little [...]

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If you love and make pesto—more than you can use at one meal—you know that storing it can pose problems. The miracle of zipper-lock plastic bags comes to the rescue.

Here’s how it works: Put your pesto in a bag (I use a jar funnel to ease the task) and flatten it out to remove the [...]

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I love fresh salsa—you know, the uncooked kind that tastes like summer. I rarely make it, though, because I haven’t figured out how (or tried, I admit) to make salsa for one, and I’m not a regular chip-eater.
The other evening, a few friends came over after dinner, so I used their visit as an excuse [...]

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This week’s CSA bag (from Rolling Prairie Farmer’s Alliance) included a pound or so of wax beans, a rarity in my many years of CSA subscribing.
These wax beans were different from the ones I recall from childhood. My farmer grandparents always had a kitchen garden that included green beans and a few wax beans. (They [...]

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Fresh produce provides the means for quickly prepared fresh food.

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