Monthly Archives: July 2009

“It happens every time; they all become blueberries.”

Josh is a fan of blueberries. A picky, picky fan of blueberries who will only eat fresh ones in season, never in pancakes, and who makes delicious blueberry muffins. Last summer we picked our own blueberries on a farm in West Michigan, near where Josh grew up. Because of that, we now have stacks of [...]

That’s Nacho Cheese (say it out loud)

Nacho bar night! So what we did was a very simple beef nacho dish: diced bulb onion and 2 diced garlic cloves from our farm share, 1 pound grass-fed ground beef, lots of spices (particularly ancho chile powder, cumin, paprika, chili powder, red pepper, salt, black pepper, dried thyme), 2 cups frozen bell pepper mix [...]

the kid in me

While Josh and I do love our culinary explorations of things like grilled pizza and Moroccan Spice Chicken, sometimes we like to just go back to a couple of our childhood faves: Sloppy Joes and Kraft Mac and Cheese. Now, Josh doesn’t let me doctor up the Cheesy Mac too far beyond adding a bit [...]

Ring that Bell Pepper

Josh is growing bell peppers on the deck for the first time ever and they are coming in quite nicely, as evidenced by the photo below of the biggest pepper we’ve got going so far. So in preparation for the deliciousness to come, I thought I’d post a few of my favorite recipes for utilizing [...]

When the moon hits your eye like a grilled pizza pie….ow. That’s gotta hurt.

Josh and I had a late-ish dinner tonight and decided to go with something light and easy: grilled pizzas. We were encouraged by our first efforts to try it again…because it’s delicious. Going off a tip from Jodi (thanks Jodi!) about sprinkling garlic salt on the crust, I doctored ours up with a bit of [...]

Farm Share Goodies: July 17….and Steak!

This week’s farm share brought in some great goodies: most notably, our first bulb garlic! Yay! Also more Swiss chard and kale and bulb fennel, which we donated to family/friends, kohlrabi, broccoli, bok choy, new potatoes and chives. Kohlrabi is an interesting little plant that I’ve wanted to try before but never bothered to purchase. [...]

So a chicken gets dressed up for the ball…

Chicken meatballs. Are like space. They are my final frontier. There is so much to explore with them and yet, I’ve only been so far as the moon. Which is made of mozzarella. Not green cheese. Well maybe it gets moldy from time to time. Anyway, it was an off-again-on-again rainy kind of day and [...]

Strawberry Tiramisu

I like tiramisu. I like the idea of it even more. I don’t make the traditional version at home because I don’t keep coffee in the apartment (for anything, ever) and Josh doesn’t like the taste of coffee anyway. Also, it’s a bit indulgent and we wouldn’t want to eat a whole tiramisu ourselves. One [...]

Porky's Revenge: In Pictures

(bone-in pork shoulder roast) + (lemon, spice mix and olive oil) x (combine and marinate in a bag over night) Then (wrap tightly in tin foil and place on grill over medium heat; lower lid and cook about 4 hours) = (barbecue pork roast!) !