Andy and I took a break from our own Backyard Market to venture to Viroqua. The inspiration for our weekend-get-away was Harmony Valley Farm’s annual CSA member Harvest Party on Sunday. With a quaint Farmer’s Market, a bountiful food co-op, an eclectic coffee shop, and a Mexican restaurant serving amazing food, Viroqua has become a favoriteContinue reading “Happy Harvest Weekend!”
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Dilly Beans
Carmen’s opinion of canning in 90+ degree weather. Hehe. For the last several years, we’ve bought a 10 pound box of beans from Harmony Valley Farm. This year we canned 6 quart jars of dilly beans and froze the rest of the beans for fall and winter casseroles and soups. Dilly beans are great accessoriesContinue reading “Dilly Beans”
Naysayers Beware: Beets = Nutritional Goodness
Earlier in the week, we pulled our garden’s first beets. Yesterday, we planted another row of them. Today, we juiced a few for a recovery drink after our 60-minute run. Beets are good to us. Beets are one of those roots that many claim not to like. I (or rather we) challenge those naysayers toContinue reading “Naysayers Beware: Beets = Nutritional Goodness”
Cold-Brewed Coffee: Ethical Heaven
Who wants to drink hot coffee in humid, sticky weather? Maybe some, but not me. On steamy days, I crave a nice big glass of iced coffee. Rather than spend $2 to $3 daily to feed my addiction, we’ve started cold brewing our own. Pour the silky liquid of deliciousness in a glass of ice; addContinue reading “Cold-Brewed Coffee: Ethical Heaven”
Strawberry Days 2010!
Every summer, we attend Harmony Valley Farm’s (HVF) Strawberry Days. As always, this year Strawberry Days fell on Father’s Day, June 20. HVF is right outside of Viroqua, a small Midwest city with a personality that coincides well with my and Andy’s interests. So, we usually spend a night or two in Viroqua leading up toContinue reading “Strawberry Days 2010!”
Healthy Food for Everyone!
Recently, I discovered a new term, which resonated deeply: food insecurity. This is defined as, “a limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally acceptable or safe foods, (Obesity, Poverty, & the Case for CSA in NY). There are multiple ways to read that quote. To many, everything at the grocery store is acceptable and safe. To others, acceptable andContinue reading “Healthy Food for Everyone!”
Dump Soup
After seven years of having a CSA box and several years of having a garden, there have been numerous occasions when we’ve let produce go bad! Over the last couple of seasons, we’ve found that throwing the cookbook aside and letting intuition take over is sometimes the best way to utilize all the veggies orContinue reading “Dump Soup”
A Holiday All Of Our Own: The First CSA Box of the Year
Mother’s Day and Our First CSA Box of the Year: Two Holidays in One Weekend! Getting our first Harmony Valley Farm CSA vegetable box of the year has become our own little food festival! The anticipation of spring ramps, sweet asparagus, lemony sorrel, and tangy rhubarb begins mid-February, so by the time the first spring boxContinue reading “A Holiday All Of Our Own: The First CSA Box of the Year”
A Weekend of Affirmation
This weekend, Andy and I took a much-needed break from the steam of the pressure cooker and ventured to the Food for Thought Festival in Madison on Saturday and then to the Harvest Party at Harmony Valley in Viroqua on Sunday. Both days were reaffirming, exciting, and inspirational to both of us as we continueContinue reading “A Weekend of Affirmation”
Am I in Spain? … Yummy Gazpacho!
On a hot August day, in the midst of summer heat and Wisconsin humidity (yes, it does get hot here!), there is nothing like a cold, fresh bowl of gazpacho, a piece of crusty cheese bread, and a nice glass of wine! The following recipe is the combination of a collection of gazpacho recipes we’veContinue reading “Am I in Spain? … Yummy Gazpacho!”
The Poquette Zoo and Kitchen 