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Recipe: Indian Summer Succotash

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Christy

It’s zucchini time, and if your garden is “overproducing” zucchini like ours is, this one is for you. It’s a quick dish that takes 30 minutes or fewer, and uses home grown ingredients. Succotash is traditionally something that features corn … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Lentil Soup with Collard Greens

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Christy

We cook from the garden around here. Whatever is coming in from “out there” determines the meal of the day. Since collard greens are finishing up, we needed to find a recipe to showcase them. Enter Sandy’s Great Lentil Soup … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Garlicky Fresh Christmas Lima Beans with Thyme

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Christy

I’ve grown Christmas Lima Beans for several years and have come to love this prolific plant. The first time, we planted in spring and it grew and produced for a year and a half (and it would have kept going … Continue reading →

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Shopping from your Garden

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Christy

Today we are joined by Jeriann Watkins, our guest blogger. Jeriann is a writer and self-proclaimed chronic procrastinator who is trying to make her life more intentional by focusing on vegetable gardening, making her own cleaning products, and other frugal … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Porcini Sea Salt (AKA cheating Williams-Sonoma)

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Christy

In my 20s, when I had nothing, I drooled over Williams-Sonoma catalogs with wistful aspirations of “one day.” Now many years later, stocked with a full set of cookware, I see WS for the overpriced eye-candy it is. Okay, principle … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Seitan, Vegetables and Cracked Pepper en Papillote

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Christy

New Year, new recipes to cook up home grown goodness. It’s also time for quick meals that don’t require a lot of work or fancy preparation. This recipe may look fancy, but it comes together quickly using vegetables and parchment … Continue reading →

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Making Ancho Chile Powder

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Christy

It’s important to try new things every once in a while, because that simple act of diving blindly into the unknown is the very thing that keeps life interesting. Yesterday I did exactly that; I made Ancho chile powder from … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Summer Salsa

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Christy

Last month’s Westside Produce Exchange was amazing. The haul was beyond belief. Each person left with a bag filled with summer produce that rivaled any farmers’ market. I brought poblano peppers and in exchange I received tomatoes, peppers, peaches, zucchini, … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Eggplant Stir-fry with Green Beans and Cashews

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Christy

It’s eggplant time, so it’s time to decide which side you’re on: love it or hate it. If you’re at all squeamish about the texture of eggplant (like yours truly) you’ll want to try this recipe that does an excellent … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Home Grown Chili Fries (Poblano Pepper Poppers)

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Christy

We’re up to our ears in Poblano Peppers from our second-year pepper plant. The little guy hardly produced last year, but over winter the plant started sprouting new leaves and by spring it had doubled in size and was full … Continue reading →

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