Archive for the ‘Recipes’ Category

85. Dutch Red Cabbage Recipe

Thursday, August 6th, 2009 381 views

A beautiful organic red cabbage was included in my CSA share this last Saturday at the Muskegon Farmers' Market. It's a great specimen: dense, deeply colored, holding tight together. Tonight it will be made into Dutch Red Cabbage (Hollandse Rode Kool) by my husband and served to our friends who ...

83. Mashed Potatoes + Greens (+ Butter) = Tasty

Monday, July 20th, 2009 147 views

With the abundance of greens from my CSA share, I've been hard pressed to find a variety of dishes to use them up. In the past I've concentrated on pasta dishes and lentil soup, but this year I've added mashed potatoes with greens to the weekly menu. Similar dishes go ...

75. Spinach (or other greens) and Pasta

Monday, July 6th, 2009 72 views

I initially made this dish with baby spinach and have found that more mature spinach, kale and swiss chard taste as good. The amounts are for 2 people, but are easily increased for additional servings. 2 cloves of garlic, minced 1 tablespoon olive oil spinach, chopped pine nuts (or walnuts) pasta (or couscous) salt and pepper ...

59. Scones

Friday, June 26th, 2009 60 views

I confess that these aren't authentic scones. I adapted an Irish Soda Bread recipe in Recipes from a Vegetarian Goddess by Kerri Allrich (one of my most used cookbooks) but find a scone like shape is more convenient for a grab-n-go breakfast or snack. The recipe below is Allrich's with ...

35. Potato, garlic, and spinach soup

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 74 views

I found this recipe on a message board several years ago. It's so simple to make and is fantastic with fresh baby spinach from my local farmer's market. I've tried it with frozen spinach and it's passable but not nearly as good as with fresh. Russet potatoes are best, the ...

9. Split pea soup recipe

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 112 views

One of my favorite food bloggers is Heidi Swanson at her beautiful 101cookbooks web journal. I'd never tasted split pea soup before trying out her recipe and now it's my default soup.  Follow the link for Heidi's recipe. My variation on it follows. It's vegan, all the ingredients are ones ...