Until last week, I’d recommended Joanne’s method of roasting tomatoes for tomato sauce, but I hadn’t made it myself (if you don’t count one attempt). Sister Lori endorsed the method heartily, so I passed it on to Lynn, who pronounced it genious… and then turned around and gave me 2 1/2 gallons (dry measure) of […]
Entries Tagged as 'freezing'
Make easy tomato sauce in oven for freezing
August 10th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Food preparation, recipes
Icky vegetables hide in freezer, wait for soup
June 24th, 2009 · Comments Off on Icky vegetables hide in freezer, wait for soup · Food preparation
I confess: I’m not crazy about all vegetables. As much as I like to say that I’ll eat anything (which is mostly true), I have to admit I wouldn’t necessarily choose some things. This sad fact comes to mind as I pursue my goal to eat all my CSA food despite my most recent bag […]
Winter ‘harvest’ yields glorious dish
February 18th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Farmers markets, local food
Take a look at these simmering vegetable. Six or seven months from now, I will need to remember how gorgeous they look here in mid February. More important, I need to remember how wonderful they taste. I’ll need to remember, because when the market and CSA are overflowing with produce, it’s so easy to buy […]
Freezer releases a taste of summer
February 2nd, 2009 · 4 Comments · local food, recipes
The other evening, I decided it was time to remind myself of summer. I pulled out of the freezer a bag of frozen local raspberries that I bought late last summer. I opened my new cookbook, How to Cook Everything, and set out to make a raspberry tart. I can’t say everything went entirely as […]
Pick a parcel of peppers and put ’em up
September 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Cooking tips, Food preparation, local food
What do you do when someone gives you nearly a peck of (unpickled) hot peppers like these? If you’re like me, you freeze them. (Of course, you could also pickle them.) I no doubt harmed their quality by letting them sit in the fridge for a week, but then I dug in. I washed them, […]