This challenge was more difficult than I though it would be. The idea of the Dark Days Challenge is that you try to have one meal per week be almost entirely of local ingredients. Here is what I came up with: Rump Roast – from Grassfields, where I have a herdshare. I put it in [...]
Vegetarian Groundnut Stew
December 8, 2009 By 2 Comments
The introduction to this recipe from Simply in Season states that it’s “inspired by peanut stews served in West Africa.” Indeed, I have been to West and East Africa, and in both areas of the continent I’ve been inspired by their use of peanuts (called groundnuts) in savory dishes. One recipe that I really wish [...]
Simply Me project udpate: 3 months in.
December 7, 2009 By 2 Comments
I started this blog in August, as a way to keep me accountable and motivated to cook all the recipes in Simply in Season by August 2010. This cookbook focuses on local, in-season ingredients, and also includes essays and articles on issues related to food. So how am I doing, and what have I learned? [...]
Winter Squash/Pumpkin Bars
December 7, 2009 By 2 Comments
Have you ever thought a recipe was one thing at first glance, and then when you read it a few times all of a sudden you realize it wasn’t what you thought it was? For some reason when I first glanced at this recipe, I thought it was for pumpkin PIE squares. But no, these [...]
Butternut Sage Orzo
December 6, 2009 By 5 Comments
A perfect turkey day side dish or a nice Sunday afternoon lunch. Much less fussy than risotto!
A Cup of Coffee in Remembrance of Grandma
December 6, 2009 By 1 Comment
Ila Schaafsma (1930-2009) Ah, coffee; warming my hands that surround your mug. I love your fragrance that fills our house as you are ground and brewed, and awakens my nose as I lift you to my lips. As your familiar taste flows over my tongue and down my throat I am transported back to a [...]
Pumpkin Dip
December 4, 2009 By 11 Comments
Have you ever had to go to a party or “bring a dish to pass” event and brought chips and dip? Or something from the deli and just put it in your own bowl hoping no one would notice the telltale taste of preservatives or whatever it is they put in the potato salad that [...]
Sweet Potato & Black Bean Wraps
December 2, 2009 By 4 Comments
Well folks, believe it or not, this recipe is NOT from Simply in Season. I’m taking a break from my regularly scheduled cookbook in order to provide an original recipe to my blogger friend FJ–check out his Fitness Blog. “I have a few people I work with that are vegetarian and they have a tough [...]
Chicken and Chickpea Soup
December 1, 2009 By 2 Comments
Ok folks, this is heavily adapted from Simply in Season. I started with a 3 lb stewing chicken, the one left from last week’s farm pickup. At about 7 AM this morning I put it, along with 9 cups of water, an onion cut in wedges, 2 peeled whole cloves of garlic, 1 stick of [...]
