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Welcome to the roundup for the 43rd Grow Your Own event. Created by Andrea of Andrea’s Recipes, Grow Your Own is now in its fourth year! It was wonderful to host in July, I received submissions from all over the world and met several bloggers n (read full article)
Cantaloupe Our box from Two Small Farms CSA was full of many summer time favorites, including Sweet Corn, Zucchini and Cantaloupe. We also found Onions, Spinach, Red Beets, Strawberries and Purple Cauliflower. Here is my menu plan for the week o (read full article)
A certain someone (who shall remain nameless) had a birthday recently and requested ribs, macaroni salad and carrot slaw for dinner. I was only too happy to oblige, seeing as how I show love through food. Plus, the Macaroni salad will also serve as m (read full article)
Bianco di Maggio Onions Our organic vegetable box from Two Small Farms was packed with a large head of Romaine Lettuce, so this week’s menu is going to involve quite a bit of salad. I think I am going to bring back the Taco Salad from a fe (read full article)
Summer is really in full swing, and between camp, swim meets and poolside BBQs, we are not home that much to cook. I am on the constant lookout for fun recipes to take to the pool, salads and sides that are easy to share in our weekly supper club. P (read full article)
Grow Your Own Blogging Event I am pleased to announce that Andrea Meyers of Andrea’s Recipes has invited me to host the July edition of Grow Your Own, a blogging event which celebrates the backyard garden, hunting, foraging and growing your ow (read full article)
As it turns out, with the kids off at sleepaway camp, and a couple dinners out, I am thinking that I don’t actually need a menu plan this week. Our box from Two Small Farms has a couple things that I will need to eat this week (Little Gem Lett (read full article)
Last week’s Orzo with Grilled Shrimp and Summer Vegetables worked really well, just not on Wednesday as I had planned. Wednesday, I had a leftover farro salad from a baby shower (post to follow), and we brought that to the pool along with a ch (read full article)
Our first week of summer vacation and so much to do! Camps and swim team and poolside BBQs. I feel like I am already behind, and summer is supposed to be relaxing. Ack. Our box from Two Small Farms this week had a nice large bag of Bacon Avocados, m (read full article)
Healthy Salads Our box from Two Small Farms is loaded with lettuce, so I think this week is going to be all about salads. Hopefully the weather will cooperate, as salads are best, IMHO, when it is too hot to cook. And, as it turns out, the folks at (read full article)
We join a community pool for the summer, and starting today, they light the BBQs and members bring picnics and grillables and enjoy the longer days and late afternoon swims. I am starting to plan my menu around food that easily portable. I bought a (read full article)
I have written often about our subscription to Two Small Farms, a vegetable Community Supported Agriculture program from two farms in Hollister and Watsonville, High Ground Organics and Mariquita Farms. For the price of the subscription, about $22 a (read full article)
Hard to believe, even though these strawberries beg to differ, but the weather this May has been cold and rainy. Therefore, I have another week to whip out my cold-weather favorites for the family. Our box this week from Two Small Farms contained Ye (read full article)
Dear husband does not like broccoli. Nor do lots of other people. It is not my favorite vegetable, but I understand its excellent veggie properties and so if it appears on my plate, I will eat it, knowing I am doing my body good. DH, however, has no (read full article)
Each week, on Monday (usually), I come up with the dinner plan for the entire week. What sounds onerous to some is actually a dream for me, as I organize myself well before the excitement of the week starts. No more last minute scrambles to figure o (read full article)
I made this last week for our first TGIF block party, using the Butternut Squash that came in our weekly box from Two Small Farms, and it was a great success. Very easy, and the butternut squash made the hummus sweet and tasty. My kids enjoyed it as (read full article)
Our box this week from Two Small Farms contained Agretti, and if you remember from last year, this is one of my favorites. It is a strange vegetable, but very tasty in a salty, ocean sort of way. And again, I scored more than one bunch, so we get to (read full article)
This week’s CSA box from Two Small Farms contained a very interesting essay about French Tarragon. Apparently, true French Tarragon cannot be started from seed, but by dividing the plant’s roots in the winter. Sounds like a little too mu (read full article)
This weekend, we celebrated a birthday and an anniversary, so there was lots of cooking to keep me busy. The best thing I made this weekend was an Orange Cheesecake with Candied Kumquats (and Blood Oranges) which used up the cute kumquats from our Fr (read full article)
You may have noticed I have not posted anything on Kitchen Gadget Girl for the last few weeks, more about that later. In the meantime, on March 19th, the new season of the Two Small Farms CSA started! I am as excited as I was when I found out Glee wo (read full article)
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