Asparagus season is here. Once again, mon mari is roaming the markets in search of green asparagus. Now that I have my Instant Pot, and have figured out how to cook the fat white asparagus, he is happy with that – as a second choice. White asparagus is preferred in Europe so there is always less green. He’s figured out that if he goes a bit later he can often … Continue reading →
I was sorting photos the other day and I saw one of my potager a year ago. It was lush, green and beautiful. This year it’s dead, dying, brown and barren. I don’t remember ever having the vegetables finish this early. Today I picked the last of the Delicata squash. Some aren’t ripe but the vines were dead so they got pulled. The summer squash were still blossoming, but none … Continue reading →
I can get a ‘3-pack’ of some vegetables. The cans are small, about 8oz (240gr) or 1 cup size. I usually buy red or white kidney beans in the small cans to have on hand to add to pasta or risotto. Last summer I bought corn. I thought it would be great to toss into a summer salad. While mon mari loves fresh corn from the garden he is not … Continue reading →
I did say a few more winter squash recipes, right? I haven’t told mon mari yet but I still have one big blue pumpkin in the cave. I’m debating…. I can either make another big batch of soup for the freezer, which will have me eating soup for lunch until June (when the lettuce is ready.) or I can give it to a friend for her animals. I know the … Continue reading →
Everything I make seems to be orange lately…. It’s either butternut squash, pumpkin, or a tomato sauce, which should be red, but then I add yogurt and paprika or, in this case, horseradish, and it turns orange. For the curious…. this is what it really looked like. There might have been an orange tomato in there, too…. This is based on Turkey Cutlets with Horseradish. I loved the sauce and … Continue reading →
I can make meals that do not have winter squash in them. Sometimes I use carrots….. I always have carrots on hand, to add to soup or round out another vegetable side dish or just nibble on raw. Sometimes I forget about them and need to use them fast. Stir-fries are a great way to use up bits lurking in the fridge. I buy thin turkey cutlets for this, but … Continue reading →
It’s been such a strange spring that I barely stopped cooking pumpkin and there is already asparagus in the markets. In between, we did manage to eat a broccoli, a cauliflower and a Savoy cabbage. When one cooks for two, both cauliflower and cabbage require advance planning to use it all. I may have to try cauliflower in risotto some day…. For now, it uses up a cabbage nicely. I … Continue reading →
