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Marinated Carrots

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:52:31 -0500

3 lbs. carrots 1 medium onion, sliced and separated into rings 3/4 cup cider vinegar 2/3 cup sugar 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon prepared mustard 1/4 cup snipped parsley Peel and cut the carrots diagonally into

Gluten Free Apple & Carrot Mini Muffins

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:00:07 -0500

Today was errand day. On the way home from work, I dreamed of taking a nap. I’ve caught the ubiquitous “Welcome Back to School” sinus infection. Thinking clearly is not my strong suit. This statement is more true than false,

Antipasto anyone??

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:26:45 -0500

These days I have been busy putting together recipes for the Feast Your Eyes campaign of the American Academy of Ophthalmologists and Eye Care America as I am serving as a media spokesperson for this event. The recipes have to be ‘yummy&#

Conclusion on carrots

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:28:17 -0500

We planted over 6000 carrot seeds this year. An equal mix of Atomic Red, Cosmic Purple, Lunar White, Amarillo Yellow, Shin Kuroda (orange), and Thumbelina (round). We planted them in succession beginning in April, and planted weekly for a few weeks,

Carrot Cupcakes from my garden

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:43:00 -0500

Hi there. I've been doing a lot of cooking over the past week, and should have about 5 posts here soon. The first thing was to figure out what to do with some of the carrots from my garden.I haven't had carrot cake in so long. I thought it would be n

Shelf Life of Seeds

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:02:47 -0500

Average number of years vegetable seeds will remain viable if properly stored. STORE SEEDS PROPERLY Keeping seeds dry during storage is most important. Moisture causes seeds to rot. See to it that moisture from the air or any other sources does not g

Sweet Mixed Pickles - Mixed Pickle Relish Recipe

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:39:53 -0500

Mixed pickle relish recipe ingredients: 500 ml water 500 ml vinegar 60 grams sugar 30 grams salt 500 grams cauliflowers 300 grams carrots 500 grams peas 300 grams shallots 500 grams green peppers 3 chilli peppers 2 bay leaves 2 dill weeds 1 teaspoon

Beans - A Natural Alternative To Your Afternoon Snack

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:24:00 -0500

Consider a natural alternative the next time you reach for that cupcake or soda as an afternoon snack. This snack leaves you feeling full, gives you energy, and simultaneously fights “bad”-LDL-cholesterol.

Mashed Potato and Veggie Stuffed Mushrooms and the October Eat Local Challenge

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:10:00 -0500

So I was browsing 28 Cooks awhile back when I came across one of her recipes for stuffed mushrooms. At first I thought she had stuffed the mushrooms with mashed potatoes - come to find out they were stuffed with cream cheese. Well I thought the idea

Friday Food Porn - Brought to you by the letter ‘p’

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:45:26 -0500

Last week’s Food Porn was something else, wasn’t it? Orange you glad you were lucky enough to catch it? That’s the thing with porn… sometimes you laugh and sometimes you can’t believe you actually went there. So this wee

Chicken Teriyaki Stir Fry

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:45:41 -0500

I put this dish together to try use a few ingredients I had on hand: chicken breast, green bell pepper, red onions, baby carrots and white rice. For sauce, I made the following recipe: Restaurant Teriyaki Sauce. http://www.recipezaar.com/133751 I

Green Goes With Everything

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:11:21 -0500

Your eyes, your shoes, the new roof on your house, it’s a very versatile color because of the variety of shades. Thirty-three to be exact. I’m a huge fan of the color myself. I’m also a fan of Sloan Barnett. April 2007 Sloan and her

Fresh carrots are tops

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:30:29 -0500

Sometimes life is strange. Just last week I harangued to Amy, my co-worker, about how I was banning bagged carrots from my kitchen. The tumbled baby carrots, shredded, washed carrots and the crinkle cut coins that look so good in the store had seduce

Bumper September Harvest

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:35:57 -0500

Unfortunately since my last post, my cabbages finally succumbed to the caterpillars so my brassica bed is now bare and I left all my plots to their own devises whilst going away on my hols to Canada. So whilst I have been away my veggy plot has fend

And Yet More Basil

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:25:00 -0500

So back to your regularly scheduled program in the vegetable garden today. When I was out picking I noticed my poor cucumbers were very much dying. I will spare you the ugly photo. I still picked a few cukes off of them, but the foliage is mostly go

Carrots and Bleach: Yum-Yum

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:00:03 -0500

An email came to me, warning me that baby carrots are dipped in chlorine. They are made from deformed carrots, peeled and then dipped in a high solution of chlorine to keep them from turning white and being deemed, “bad”. This made me s

Organic Vegetables - Are They Really Expensive?

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:30:12 -0500

The high prices of vegetables sold in the market seem to be very alarming especially in an agricultural country like the Philippines. It is an irony to think that Filipinos are buying expensive vegetables in their markets and that imported vegetables

This week’s share

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:18:02 -0500

Another nice fall CSA share this week! Thanks to no killing frost so far, we’re still picking beans (Jade), peppers (Gypsy, Ace, Cayenne Long Slim), and zucchini (Golden Dawn III). There’s also winter squash (Table Gold acorn), cauliflowe

Halloween Gone Green?

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:58:02 -0500

Come on the colors are orange and black! I love, love, love Halloween. I love the time of year and the cool fall nights. I love the idea that I don’t have to buy gifts and wrap them up for everyone but I can still celebrate and have fun. Goblin

Friday harvests get quicker!

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:10:25 -0500

Friday harvests are getting quicker as the season winds down. This has happened at least for the last couple of years. Where earlier in the season, we finish around 8-9pm, we’re now mostly wrapped up by 5 or 6, and sometimes with less people th