Posted in Recipes, Thanksgiving, tagged cooking, cranberries, food, local eating, pears, Recipes, Thanksgiving on November 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thanksgiving is fast approaching! We’ve been assembling our ingredients for a locally-based Thanksgiving for some time now. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing some of our favorite holiday recipes with you.
On the first Thanksgiving that we spent in Seattle, my brother-in-law made poached pears. They were a lovely and a refreshing addition to [...]
Posted in Recipes, tagged baking, chard, cooking, food, lasagna, local eating, Recipes, walnuts on October 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
You may have made a ‘charred’ lasagna before, but have you ever tried a ‘chard’ lasagna? (Ha ha.) This is a tomato-less lasagna and is a good winter alternative to the traditional version.
1 lb. chard (after broken down, leaves should weigh 1 lb.)
1 c. walnuts, chopped finely
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups ricotta
1 c. Parmesan, grated
3 [...]
Posted in Recipes, tagged cooking, eating locally, food, pastsa, Recipes on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You can play around with the proportions of pasta recipes and decide what suits you best. This is the version that we like.
8.5 oz. AP flour
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
3 large eggs
1 tbls. olive oil
Mix dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, mix eggs and oil. Add egg mixture to flour mixture and mix with fork until [...]
Posted in Recipes, tagged baking, chocolate, cream puffs, dessert, food, pudding, recipe, tea on October 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a delicious dessert to enjoy when you have plenty of eggs. Cream puffs are actually easier than they look! Give them a try.
one batch of double chocolate pudding (or pudding of your choice)
1 cup water
1/4 tsp. salt
6 tbls. unsalted butter
1 cup AP
4 eggs
Preheat oven to 400F.
In a medium saucepan, mix the water, salt, and [...]
Posted in Recipes, tagged bread, breakfast, cooking, food, raisins, Recipes on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This bread makes great toast. Spread fromage blanc on it and it’s almost an entire breakfast. Double the recipe. It freezes well. Adapted from the ever wonderful Bread Baker’s Apprentice.
For two loaves:
2 1/2 c. bread flour
1 c. white wheat flour (or sub. more bread flour)
4 tsp. sugar
1 1/4 tsp. salt
2 tsp. instant yeast
1 1/4 tsp. [...]
Posted in Recipes, tagged cabbage, cooking, eggroll, food, Recipes, sprouting on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Even though a lot of my eating habits have radically changed over the years, I still can’t help craving a big plate of Chinese food now and then. Or often. This is why I went looking for delectable homemade fried rice, which then led to home sprouting. Now, I am looking for a good, homemade [...]
