This is a recipe passed down from a friend and it’s one of my favorite way to eat pickles. You can choose to omit the pepper flakes for a mild pickle. 1 qt jar 4 pickling cucumbers 1 tablespoon kosher salt 1 teaspoon whole peppercorns 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes 1 or 2 dill sprigs […]
This is straight out of Melissa Clark’s Zucchini-Cornmeal cakes with Mint Chutney and Yogurt in her cookbook DInner. It is DELICIOUS (Mike who despises anything in the squash family has requested these!). We call these “fritters” in our house. I make a simpler yogurt sauce, which I’ll include here, only to cut down on prep […]
During the busy summer season when we have zucchini, summer squash, fennel, peppers, and eggplant exploding out of our fridge, we make a very easy grilled dish with a side of garlicky yogurt sauce with fresh herbs to fill our bellies. Vegetables: Zucchini, summer squash, and/or eggplant, sliced in half the long way Fennel, trim […]
I like to serve this as a filling, protein-rich side. The benefits of using lentils is that they cook fast and are easy to get on the table within 30 minutes. This is also a versatile salad that you can make all year with seasonal veggies: Spring: radishes or salad turnips, sliced Summer: tomatoes and […]
I love kale and swiss chard and we eat it all year round (we freeze A LOT for the winter time). This is a no-recipe recipe for an easy 15 minute side. You can tailor the dish to compliment the rest of your meal by changing the flavor additions (wine will be brighter and chicken […]
If my husband, Mike, could choose a stir fry dish to have once a week, he’d pick this every time. We make it often in the spring and summer when we have fresh Thai basil available on the farm. You can use Italian basil as a substitute in the winter, but it doesn’t pack the […]
This is adapted from Everyday Italian by Giada De Laurentiis and is my go-to pesto recipe. It’s not overly garlicky and makes enough for 1 cup of pesto. It’s easy to double and freeze the extra (I freeze pesto in ice cube trays, then put the frozen cubes into a baggie in the freezer, popping […]
Sally, my mom, liked to cook from a recipe and keep it simple. However, this was one of the few things she made from memory. This is still one of my favorite summer sides that she used to serve on a hot August evening to pair with whatever my dad was cooking on the grill. […]
A friend’s mom made this one time when I had dinner at their home. She walked out to the garden, then back to the kitchen, and this salad was on the table in 10 minutes. It’s a lovely way to use cherry tomatoes, bush beans, and basil, all of which are bountiful in the summer. […]
Salsa verde, translated means “green sauce.” It can be made with many types of herbs and veggies, but this one with tomatillos is one of our favorites. It is a bright, savory sauce that is very versatile. We love it for just salsa and chips, a topping for tacos or enchiladas, chile rellenos, grilled chicken […]