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Come to the dark side, we have cookies

I just wanted to post pictures of cookies. Similar to the ones here, only with dark brown sugar, half cake flour/half regular flour, 1.5 tbsp sugar, 1/2 cup flaked coconut, 1 cup oatmeal and 10oz milk chocolate chips.  The cinnamon is a must; it adds such a great undertone to the oatmeal and chocolate.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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!) !

Our default summertime meal this year is definitely grilling burgers

Tonight’s meal, in pictures: Dolce bleu cheese, heirloom tomatoes, green leaf lettuce Grilled corn on the cob with lime and grated parmigiano cheese Bleu cheese burger!

Strawberry Poundcake Parfaits with Chocolate Whipped Cream

You will need: 1 quart fresh whole strawberries, washed and sliced 4 1-inch slices poundcake 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream 1 tsp vanilla 1 tablespoon cocoa powder 2-3 tablespoons vanilla sugar (or just regular sugar)

And for dessert…

Poundcake topped with macerated strawberries and homemade whipped cream!