Full disclosure: this recipe is 100% not our own. The reason? Every year, I forget from which source I located the pickled beets recipe because I have never blogged about pickling beets. I go searching online, browsing through other cookbooks….only to just choose something random and different each and every year. So, I’m shamelessly bloggingContinue reading “Pickled Beets, 2015”
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Fall Harvest: Beans and Greens
Beautiful Swiss Chard We’ve been busy, busy the past few weeks and weekends, as I’m sure most of you all have been. Luckily, the weather has been such that we personally haven’t been too worried about the veggies left in our garden or the amount of work yet to be done before the first snowfall.Continue reading “Fall Harvest: Beans and Greens”
A Produce Plus Weekend: Sweet Peppers, Edamames, and Cucumbers
We spent the better part of our weekend in the kitchen. But, as I’ve written before, spending time in the kitchen with a large glass of wine and some good tunes with the one I love is a beautiful thing. So, what did we make? Well… On Friday, Andy brought home a large pail ofContinue reading “A Produce Plus Weekend: Sweet Peppers, Edamames, and Cucumbers”
Tomato Flops: Perfect for Pizza
We are in love with our dehydrator. Slice produce up, season it (or not), and place it all on trays. Turn the dehydrator on, slide the trays in, and forget about it. Half a day later, poof! Dehydrated, preserved garden goodies. One example is what we call Tomato Flops. We got this idea from TheContinue reading “Tomato Flops: Perfect for Pizza”
Livin’ in the Kitch’n
The end of August=bustle, bustle, bustle. Of course, the garden is at its peak right when work is at its most stressful time, right? Luckily for me, I feel comfortable and happy, alongside my cooking partner/husband in a hot, steamy kitchen with loads of bubbling pots, a whistling water canner, the smell of vinegar andContinue reading “Livin’ in the Kitch’n”
Pizza and a Good Book
We had to let this cook down for hours and hours. For years, we’ve been searching to find a thick, flavorful pizza sauce to make and to can. Lo’ and behold if my favorite author didn’t include the very recipe in her book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. Throughout the book, Barbara Kingsolver’s family writes personal narrativesContinue reading “Pizza and a Good Book”
What to do with all of those tomatoes? Can ’em!
Tomatoes chilling in an ice bath. Canning can be a looming task to food preservation/gardening newbies. This blog entry is to reassure those of you nervous ladies and gents out there that it really is quite a simple process that’s well worth the effort. The first food that we ever canned was a batch ofContinue reading “What to do with all of those tomatoes? Can ’em!”
The Poquette Zoo and Kitchen 