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 'strawberries'

Jun 30

Strawberry Pie

Strawberry season is much too short. There was only one vendor that had strawberries left at the farmer’s market today. I got enough for the pie and possibly ice cream, but  might just eat them and make blueberry ice cream instead. That’ (read full article)

Dessert, recipe, Simply in Season, spring, strawberries

Jun 23

Rhubarb Strawberry Jam

I was a bit intimidated by the prospect of making this jam, but it was in Simply In Season so I had to make it. So I recruited DH’s beer rig. You see, I have one of those glass top electric stoves, and the canner never wants to boil. So I de (read full article)

jam, recipe, rhubarb, Simply in Season, strawberries

Jun 18

Raspberry or Strawberry Vinaigrette Dressing

The original recipe in Simply in Season is for raspberry vinaigrette dressing, but since I have some strawberries on my counter I thought I’d give it a try using them. Then I brought it to my parent’s house (along with some of the abund (read full article)

Dressing, raspberries, recipe, Simply in Season, strawberries

Jun 08

This Is Just To Say

I have eaten the berries that I bought at the market with which I was going to make you a nice pie Forgive me they were so fragrant so sweet and divine ~ Inspired by William Carlos Williams No related posts. (read full article)

essay, poem, strawberries

Jun 08

Strawberry Brunch Souffle

This took about a quart of strawberries, so between this and the strawberry salad, plus several that I used for quality control (you MUST taste your produce to make sure it’s good, after all) I used up the two quarts from the Farmer’s Ma (read full article)

Breakfast, Dessert, Simply in Season, spring, strawberries

Jun 06

Strawberry Spinach Salad with Two-Seed Dressing

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)

Dressing, recipe, salad, Simply in Season, spinach, spring, strawberries, Vegetarian

Dec 26

Blueberry Bread

I recently discovered a couple of sources for locally grown, frozen fruit. When I first started learning about the benefits of eating local, I thought that for sure I’d have to learn how (and remember!) to can, freeze, etc. I began last year wi (read full article)

Blueberries, bread, Breakfast, Dessert, peaches, recipe, Simply in Season, spring, strawberries, summer

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