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At the farmer’s market on Sunday, I got excited to see freshly cut brussels sprout stalks just begging to be taken home. I chose a two and a half foot long stalk covered with nearly three pounds of tightly clustered, bright green sprouts. My hubby Brent, who unlike most normal children loved brussels sprouts growing [...]
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A few weeks ago, I opened my fridge to find carrots, avocados and lettuce staring me in the face. With no clue how to transform this hodgepodge of ingredients into dinner, so I literally Googled “carrot and avocado salad” and stumbled upon this weird recipe from Jaime Oliver. Since I didn’t have all of his [...]
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The arrival of the holiday season officially begins in my house when I pull my pumpkin-spiced candle out of storage and begin receiving sugar pie pumpkins in my CSA box. Both of which happened this week. Sugar pie pumpkins are the sweeter, more dainty version of the jack-o-lantern variety (field pumpkin) and are the best [...]
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In celebration of our blog’s public debut and to kick off this week’s Halloween inspired posts, Jillian and I threw a pumpkin party this weekend. Similar to a holiday cookie exchange or a pre-Thanksgiving dinner with friends, a pumpkin party is a great excuse to get close friends together for indulgent eating and good gossiping. [...]
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Now that I’ve got you all excited for beets with my previous posts (I’m sure my mom is laughing as she reads about her once-beet-hating daughter enthusiastically pushing my passion for beets onto everyone else), I thought I’d give you you the down and dirty on how to roast the little guys. Roasting is a [...]
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Never underestimate the power of roasting a chicken. It requires a small ingredient list and minimal prep work, fills your home with wonderful smells, and provides leftovers galore (well for us it does, party of 2). The key to a moist, juicy bird is purchasing good quality meat. On my first visit to Chez [...]
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This is why I love northern California…even though it is snowing and raining throughout most of the country, I’m still getting delicious, ripe tomatoes in my CSA box like it’s the middle of summer! The beauties I got this week were so ripe that I decided to turn them into tomato sauce before they spoiled. [...]
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