Category: Recipe
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Peel Pearl Onions

This is going to save me dozens of nickels! Every year, there are bound to be the onions that just don’t size up… and while I want to eat onions on just about everything, I mostly see a tremendous amount of work when I look at these adorable little flavor bites, aka ‘pearl onions.’ What’s…
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ZuLamAnzo – Zucchini Kalamata Garbanzo Salad

I wish I could say it were the farm fresh zucchini that makes this dish shine, but alas, I think it’s the kalamata olives taking the cake today. Served as a side dish, or antipasto, the pickled-i-ness of the kalamata olives mingles with that fresh and mild zucchini flavor, with crisp raw red onions all…
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Cool Beans
One CSA member (and only one) requests fresh mint. Mint is the thing that grows prolifically, while a groundhog steals broccoli, a deer snaps off the tops of tomato plants, and I can’t quite figure out what all those rabbits are up to, but I know it ain’t good. But mint – nobody wants the…
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Baked Tofu Nuggets

This is a judgement free zone. If you want chicken nuggets, get ’em. Dip ’em. Enjoy ’em. It’s not about that. It’s just an alternative. Give it a try, you openminded fool! Do I like tofu? I like how some restaurants prepare it. And I like the challenge of trying to emulate that. Take a…
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Snappy Green Beans
While they don’t really need any fancying up and are perfectly fine as a crunchy snack on their own, sometimes green beans like to put on their high heels and head down to Beale Street or some other wild place. When that mood hits and your green beans are singing out country hits like, “I…