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This Week’s Basket
It’s been so busy around here, I almost forgot about this week’s Friends and Farms basket. A really full basket this time. Today my husband and I were talking. He is amazed that we rarely see a need to...
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Monkfish Stew
OK, monkfish is something I don’t ordinarily buy. Thanks to Friends and Farms, we got some very fresh, very nice monkfish in today’s pickup. So, I made a stew. I sort of followed a recipe. Carrots,...
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Beef! It is What’s For Dinners
Twice the past few days we have had beef on the menu. Really good beef. Not bought at grocery stores but from local farms and butchers who use local farms. Short ribs over polenta. Both from Friends...
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Processed Foods
Since I stopped buying many processed foods and started cooking from scratch I now spend more time thinking ahead about what to make every week. Meal planning and prepping foods, like the navy beans we...
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Memories of the Navy … in Bean Soup
Every week at White Oak. Bean soup on the lunch menu. Really hearty. Full of flavor. Similar to what is served at the Senate. And in the Pentagon. For me, that soup was a filling comforting bowl of...
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It’s Taco Time!
Well, it will be this weekend. I have to make the corn tortillas for that to happen. Otherwise, we got all the fixings in this week’s basket from Friends and Farms. Cilantro. Check. Tomatoes. Check....
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Grillin’ Tuna
Hooray, springtime arrived for a day! It will probably be gone tomorrow but you know we should celebrate when we can. My grilling choice was influenced by a post on a new local blog. The picture of the...
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Beef or Wine?
Trying to decide what was the star of tonight’s “mostly local” dinner. The fall apart tri-tip, or the fifteen year old VA wine. I think it was the wine. That’s not to say the beef was underwhelming,...
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Old Favorite, New Ingredient
Frittata. With smoked scallops. Heading out to Roots today for cereal and coconut oil. Seeing smoked scallops. I knew I wanted to elevate our frittata recipe to another level. We had Swiss chard from...
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Two Stop Shopping
As I blogged yesterday, I did the weekly pick up down on Gerwig Lane for this week’s Friends and Farms basket, then I headed over to Wegmans to get those K cups, olive oil, and a few other small items....
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Peaches and Peppers
And other things being done in the kitchen. I’ve literally been overwhelmed with peaches this year. There’s a few reasons for it. Besides getting peaches most weeks in the CSA, I was managing the site...
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Test Drives
Fall. Winter. Spring. The seasons where there aren’t as many options to get local, regional, seasonal, fresh foods. The farmer’s markets, one by one, shut down in early November. There are options out...
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One Pot Wonders
It’s that time of year. When thoughts turn to soups, stews and one pot comfort foods. Fairly easy to accommodate with a little advance planning. How about revved up pork and beans. Or maybe chicken...
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The CSA and Market Official End to Summer
The markets are ending all over the county. A few have a week or so to go. Tomorrow is the last Ellicott City market. As for our CSA, yesterday we picked up our last summer share. There were 44 of us...
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Giving Thanks Again
Today. Instead of mindlessly spending money at crowded shopping centers. Like a number of my local counterparts, I completely avoid the downtown mall in Columbia and any of the megastores between...
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A Peek at the Week
In food. From my two local, seasonal, regional food sources here in Howard County. It may be December but with the advent of high tunnels and the use of greenhouses, you can still get very tasty fresh...
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Blurring the Lines
Between markets, delivery services, cooperatives, and CSAs. I can’t help but notice as a result of being part of most of those choices that things keep changing. To keep customers. Take for example....
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The Dark Days
The time of year when the sun is in the opposite hemisphere, and our daylight hours get shorter and shorter. On December 21st, we here in Howard County only get 9 1/2 hours of daylight. Then,...
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Season’s End
Last Tuesday was our final fall season pick up of our Community Supported Agriculture box from Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative. In previous years, we lamented the loss of fresh organic seasonal...
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Fresh From the Farms
To the table. The Friends and Farms delivery today. Right from the basket to the table. With minimal work. Salmon. Green beans. Lettuce. Tomatoes. All from today’s pick up. We had salmon, filet mignon,...
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