With this glorious time of mid-summer comes a serious case of chard fatigue. And kale fatigue. And leafy green fatigue. I have chard and kale in my garden and they grow so rapidly and so abundantly that I often can’t keep up. And there are …
I hope that by now, most of you know that the only thing I love more than kohlrabi is sharing the kohlrabi love with other people. So when I come across another way to use it, I can’t help but share. I can’t take the …
I fully expected this recipe to be a disaster. After buying a gorgeous bunch of freshly picked (that morning!) beets from the farmers’ market, I was once again reminded by my sainted husband that he doesn’t like beets. After trying to tuck a few …
I discovered this recipe last summer, when our CSA box was filled with more eggplant than we knew what to do with. After the first batch, I quickly made several more to stock up our freezer for the eggplantless winter months ahead. We gobbled through …
If you don’t mind, I’m not going to spend a ton of time telling you about these fantastic green beans. There really isn’t much to the recipe, so it seems silly to go on and on. They’re genius in their simplicity, and surprising in just …
For as my much and often as I sing the praises of kohlrabi, I have a teeny, tiny confession to make: I had never eaten it uncooked. My dad would always tell us that that is how he had it as a kid, so I …
I know what some of you are saying. “Two soups in a row? What is this?!” Friends, I will tell you what this is. This is called February in the Arctic Chicago. It’s really cold. All the time. Not the kind of duh-it’s-winter cold, but the …
After plopping that picture at the top of this post, I considered not even writing anything. I mean… do you have to be convinced to make this? Did you see the gooey cheese? The creamy sauce? The buttery, crispy bits on top? The perfectly tender-yet-crisp …
I hate to complain. I really do. I know I’m probably starting to sound like a broken record, because I probably went into a thing about pumpkin-flavored stuff last year, but really. Can we stop oohing and ahhing over pumpkin spice lattes? I get …
Weird, right? Baked cucumbers? But truly, at this time of the year, when cucumbers are pawned off on friends, family, and passing aquaintances and rival zucchinis in their effusive over-supply… what have you got to lose? If you’re like us, you have more cucumbers than …