Simply Me: A Year of Eating Locally, Mindfully, Simply

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In Simply Me, I will share my experiences as I cook through all the recipes in Simply in Season. Through this process I hope to discover simple ways of preparing local, healthy foods and learn more about nutrition, sustainability, and how our eating choices impact the world.

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Recent Posts Tagged With 'Greens'

Jul 22

Crustless Zucchini Tomato Quiche

OK so I didn’t have enough tomatoes to make this as written. I sort of ate the handful of ripe cherry tomatoes that I had picked for this recipe. Oops. So I added some chopped kale. That’s the nice thing about Simply in Season. They actu (read full article)

Broccoli, Greens, kale, recipe, Simply in Season, tomato, Vegetarian, zucchini

Jul 20

Mixed Greens Master Mix

Actually, I have no idea if that’s the title of this recipe or not. My good friend Cindy does cooking demos at our CSA and last week she made several dishes based on this “master mix.” I’m waiting for the recipes to be emaile (read full article)

Greens, Main Dish, recipe, spring, swiss chard, Vegetarian

Jun 26

Veggie Burrito Bake

The original recipe from Simply in Season calls for 16 cups of spinach. Unfortunately I don’t get near that much spinach from my CSA. But you know what I do get oodles of? Swiss Chard! So I substituted two bunches of Swiss Chard (one from la (read full article)

Greens, Main Dish, recipe, Simply in Season, spinach, spring, swiss chard, Vegetarian

Jun 24

Grilled Sausages with Baby Turnips and Turnip Greens

So I had these spring turnips from the CSA pickup and no recipes in Simply In Season that called for them. Lucky me, I have a couple of cookbooks in my “to review” pile. I found a recipe in Eating Local: The Cookbook Inspired by Ameri (read full article)

Greens, kale, Main Dish, recipe, Sausage, spring, spring turnips, turnip greens, turnips

Jun 23

Sausage and Greens Soup

Simply In Season calls this “Weed Soup” in the recipe notes. It’s a great way to use up CSA leftovers! FOR PRINTABLE VERSION CLICK HERE: Sausage and Greens Soup 8 ounces bulk sausage 1 cup green onion (or onion or chives. I used (read full article)

chives, Greens, kale, recipe, Sausage, Simply in Season, Soup, spinach, spring, swiss chard

Jun 16

Three Pea or Greens Stir Fry

Although the title of this recipe from Simply in Season is Three Pea Stir fry, I’m doing the greens version. I have some bok choy that should be used up from my CSA pickup. I planted some peas, but they are not up yet. The CSA u-pick peas hav (read full article)

bok choy, Greens, peas, recipe, Side Dish, Simply in Season, spring

Jun 12

Dandelion Bacon Salad

While the title of this recipe is Dandelion Bacon Salad, Simply in Season says you can use any kind of greens. Good thing; while I do have dandelions in my yard, I do have two dogs. Our neighbors also have dogs. So I felt much safer just using some (read full article)

bacon, eggs, Greens, Main Dish, recipe, salad, Simply in Season

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