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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.
This side dish from Simply in Season is super quick tastes like summer. Ingredients: 4 C okra (cleaned and trimmed, I sliced mine) 1 large onion (sliced) 2 sweet peppers (chopped) 1 chili pepper (seeded and sliced) 2 large tomatoes (diced) salt to (read full article)
Another salad from Simply in Season that makes the most of summer’s bounty. FOR PRINTABLE VERSION CLICK HERE: Whole Grain Tabouleh 1 cup quinoa (Can also use rice or bulgur or couscous) 1/4 cup Green Onions (scallions), sliced (I used chives) (read full article)
I can always tell when DH likes the recipe, because there are no leftovers! This is a “soup”er soup that tastes like summer! FOR PRINTABLE VERSION CLICK HERE: Zucchini Garden Chowder 2 Tbs butter 2 medium zucchini (chopped) 1 medium onion (read full article)
This recipe is very loosely based on the one in Simply in Season. I didn’t want to turn on the stove, so I made it in a skillet and then stuck it in the microwave to melt the cheese. Here’s my “cheater” version: Ingredients: (read full article)
I’m once again taking liberties with this recipe from Simply in Season. The similarities are that it contains pasta and vegetables. But from there we diverge. Ingredients: 1 package of pasta 1 bunch of kale (or other greens; remove the stems (read full article)
Pesto. Pizza. What’s not to love? My basil plant kicked the bucket, so I used chive pesto instead. The recipe for the chive pesto is at the end of this post. FOR PRINTABLE VERSION CLICK HERE: Summer Pesto Pizza Source: Simply in Season 1 Tbs (read full article)
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)
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)
I know, I’ve teased you with this recipe before. I finally got around to making it. I ended up using kale AND chard, since the one bunch of chard didn’t equal a pound. This is from the fall section of Simply in Season. But kale and chard (read full article)
As you know if you’ve been following this blog, I’m attempting to cook all the recipes from Simply in Season before the end of August. There are some recipes I never, ever, in a million years would have tried had it not been for this pro (read full article)
OK, seriously? I have eaten more soup since starting this project than I think I ever have in my entire lifetime. Did you know there are 40 soups and stews in Simply in Season. I’ve made 32. That means I have 8 more to go. With the weather in (read full article)
Although I normally eat kohlrabi raw, I had to try this recipe from Simply in Season. I discovered that I like it cooked as much as raw! FOR PRINTABLE VERSION CLICK HERE: Kohlrabi with Peas and Potato 1/2 cup onion (chopped; I substituted a handful (read full article)
At first I wasn’t sure exactly how I was going to make this soup from Simply in Season. I only get a handful of peas at a time from my CSA, and the shelling peas were washed away in my garden (I have plenty of snow peas though!). Luckily for m (read full article)
At first I wasn’t sure exactly how I was going to make this soup from Simply in Season. I only get a handful of peas at a time from my CSA, and the shelling peas were washed away in my garden (I have plenty of snow peas though!). Luckily for m (read full article)
Here is a more from-scratch pasta dish. Ahem. I apologize in advance for not having printable versions or nutritional info. Please bear with me while I get my programs back from the great lightning strike/computer massacre. Source: Simply in Season (read full article)
Here is a more from-scratch pasta dish. Ahem. I apologize in advance for not having printable versions or nutritional info. Please bear with me while I get my programs back from the great lightning strike/computer massacre. Source: Simply in Season (read full article)
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)
I have to admit I was getting a little panicky when I saw a sign that said this is the last week for asparagus season. I had one more recipe left in Simply in Season where asparagus was an absolute necessity. This is it. I decided to try a farm sta (read full article)
There are endless variations to this salad listed in Simply in Season , and I chose the one that most appealed to me. The base is 4 C spinach (remove stems and tear into pieces) and 1 C strawberries. But you can use any kind of greens or sliced frui (read full article)
So, DH and I decided to make dinner for his mom, sister, and grandparents for a belated Christmas celebration. On Christmas Day, his mom was in the hospital with pneumonia. No fun. I was a little nervous because I have never cooked for them before, (read full article)
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