Restaurant Recommendation: Sweet Basil in Needham, Mass
I have to give Siri, the disembodied voice on my smart phone, all the credit for this find.
Food
Recent Food Around Here
Here is what we’ve been eating lately. Gone for a while are the days of beautiful food photography in natural light out at the picnic table, but the food is just as good.
Recipe: Cilantro Lime Dressing
Harvesting the last of this year’s cilantro from the garden, we made a double batch of this wonderful dressing, which is healthy and light with a yogurt base, while jazzy with garlic.
Recipe: Zucchini Agrodolce
Of all the copious of new zucchini recipes I tried with our summer’s bumper crop, I liked this one the best.
Simple Joys of the Season
We’ve brought in the last flowers of the year and they are all over the house. I’ve been cooking up (and freezing) tons of homegrown…
Recipe: Pepper, Quinoa, and Salmon Stir-fry
I used the assortment of peppers shown below as the launching point for this for this dish, as well as the leftover roasted salmon I had in the refrigerator.
Recipe: Turnip Gratin
Ok, this is a bit decadent, but totally delicious, and better for you than scalloped potatoes.
Our Garden Produce September 2014
Our first proper produce garden was a smashing success.
We learned a lot, and here is what we would do differently next time:
Gleaning from New Pond Farm
We got invited this weekend to come New Pond Farm and pick some of their surplus before they rip out their garden for the season tomorrow.
The Farmer’s Market in Stonington
I love a farmer’s market anywhere, but it was fun to be at one in Maine off season with just the locals there.
Processing 21 Pounds of Homegrown Tomatoes
This is not our whole crop but it is the most we’ve picked in one day this year. We are roasting it up to use in sandwiches, on burgers, in fritattas, and in omelets.
Recipe: Our Homemade Salmon Burgers
We have made these salmon burgers for over 15 years, having adjusted a recipe over time that was originally in the New York Times. I just realized recently that the recipe has never made it onto my blog so I’m fixing this omission right away!
Recent Food of Around Here
I’ve been trying a lot of different things that you can see here as well as some standby favorites…
Our Garden Produce: August 2014
The three raised beds in our front yard have been yielding abundantly. We had to resort to giving away…
Sorges Restaurant in Corning, NY
I highly recommend this family run Italian restaurant; there is a reason they are still around after six decades! This was a perfect end to a wonderful day.
My Husband’s First Homegrown Cabbage
Tonight we ate my husband’s first homegrown cabbage. It was delicious braised in organic cream.