This is the last one, I promise. Mon mari has made me promise to pull the summer squash plants up. I’ve been planning on doing it for a few weeks, now, but every time I go out to the potager to rip them out I see new squashes growing. I think – just one more…. It looks like such a nice one (the same as all the rest, but I’m … Continue reading →
For the better part of 3 weeks I was closing windows and shutters to keep the heat out. For the last 2 days I’ve been closing them to keep the cold out. Maybe later in the week we’ll have a few days when the temperature is ‘just right’. After refusing to turn the oven on or do much cooking inside I am now actively looking for ways to add heat … Continue reading →
This is a new squash for me this year – Ronde de Nice, aka Gourmet Globe. They are perfect for hollowing out and stuffing. If one remembers to check them daily and pick when a reasonable size, they are also a perfect individual serving size. If they are a little bigger, like the one I used for this, cut in in half for two servings. If it hid for more … Continue reading →
This is the time of year that people with vegetable gardens start to get creative. Perhaps desperate is a better word. After months of delighting in green squash and yellow squash and fresh, sun-ripened tomatoes and green beans and, and, and…. one almost starts to hope for winter and a butternut squash. What one does start doing is combining vegetables, like Stir-Fried Chard and Zucchini Or Baked Tomatoes Stuffed with … Continue reading →
One hears a lot of discussion now about diet….. Not about the actual plan of gaining or losing weight, but about what people will and will not eat. I use the word ‘will’ rather than ‘can’ because part of the, occasionally strident, discussions are about people claiming to have a food allergy and / or food intolerance when in reality it is merely a preferences, not a life-threatening medical issue. … Continue reading →
Garrison Keillor, of public radio fame, once asked: “Why do the inhabitants of Lake Wobegon lock their cars in the month of August? So their neighbors won’t leave bags of zucchini on the back seat.” To be honest, I have never been cursed with excess zucchini or summer squash. Yes, I have 4 plants of various colors, white, yellow, striped and dark green, but I monitor them closely and … Continue reading →
Leeks are very popular here and very reasonably priced. If I was ambitious, and wanted to tend my potager in the winter, I would grow my own. Non to both. We do like them, however, and they are hard to pass up in spring when there are piles of them everywhere. I used them a lot in cooking, but, sometimes, we just like leeks. I included the ingredients and instructions … Continue reading →
