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A friend recently bestowed on me this gorgeous bounty from her garden after I said “yes” to her eggplant offer. I was thinking ratatouille until I realized I didn’t have any peppers, and I didn’t want to go to the store or farmers market.
Instead, I used much of the produce to make the following quick-and-easy [...]

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On a recent foray to the backyard, I looked upon my mint and thought, “Behold! I could actually use this stuff for more than garnish!” And so I dried it. As previously promised, here is my report on drying mint.
Inspiration
I love the smell of fresh mint, and I have a small, contained patch of it [...]

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It’s been a bountiful year for sour cherries hereabouts, and I couldn’t help but notice that my neighbor’s cherry tree was still bursting with them despite being picked at by me, another neighbor, the owner neighbors and countless birds. So I picked some more—almost 2 pounds—after the tree owners said to pick as many as [...]

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I’ve been reading Jennifer McMullen’s blog, “Rolling in the Dough,” for a while, and although Jennifer calls herself Baklava Queen (maybe you’ve seen her comments here), she’s also a food preservation and local food queen. Reading her blog has inspired me to try a little food preservation myself.
Food preservation doesn’t come naturally to me. Leftovers, [...]

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I was in a hurry for a quick (and delicious, of course) lunch. What to do? Combine some of the wonderful sugar snap peas (halved) from my CSA, green onions (chopped) and the first snips of parsley from my so-called herb garden with canned garbanzos (chickpeas), drained, and tuna packed in olive oil. Add a [...]

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As you may know, I love beets. So I was pretty excited when my Rolling Prairie options last week (told you I was behind) included beets plus two more favorites, sugar snap peas and dill weed. I decided I had to have those beets pronto.
Here are the beets beforehand:

I cropped the stems about 2 inches [...]

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