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Guest blog with recipe at The Ranting Chef!
Click here to see my guest blog on the “Rantings of an Amateur Chef” blog, complete with recipe for beans, kale, butternut squash and olive stew!
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Tagged beans, butternut squash, dry beans, kale, recipe, stew, winter stew
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Snow
We were giddy with happiness to receive a foot of snow last Sunday. After a long, long time with absolutely no precipitation, just a few mists in October, and last winter when we had no snow until April, this restored our faith … Continue reading
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Tagged Midwest winter, snow, snowshoe, weather
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Extended Season
My goal with the garden has been to eat out of the garden a little longer each year. This year, I kept a record of the dinners and ingredients from the garden, starting with April 30. On that date we … Continue reading
One Hour
The question for today, the first day of Daylight Savings Time, is “How will you use your extra hour?” I woke up somewhat more refreshed than usual, looked out the window at the garden, and wondered. I used my extra … Continue reading
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Scratch
Steve’s daughter Catherine and her boyfriend Homer are visiting from New York and now waiting out Hurricane Sandy. Homer’s mother Marjorie is the one who let us tag along on her weekly market shopping in New York in March. Homer bakes … Continue reading
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Pork, Pumpkin, Turnips, Together
Today I went out in the first snowfall of the season and cut kale for tonight’s dinner. It’s the second time I’m making this fine stew, which I found when I was looking for savory dishes with pumpkin. I couldn’t … Continue reading
End of Summer
It was the fall equinox yesterday, and I spent most of it cooking pumpkin bread and pulling things out of the garden. For the first time, I had to wear a wool cap and sweater out there, and I was … Continue reading
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Mid-September Garden
Several people in my neighborhood have put their gardens to bed. One has even tilled her large plot and mulched it. You can almost feel the way her energy just kind of flagged given this season of drought and heat and she said … Continue reading
Best Potato Salad Ever
My sister-in-law hosted an end-of-summer family gathering today to mark the end of summer, and EVERYONE came. Except for one sibling, all the brothers and sisters, their spouses, and all the young children were in attendance. We got to hear … Continue reading
My Mother’s Salad
My mother has always loved salad. I was impressed early by her willingness to stand at the sink and prepare all the fresh vegetables she put into them. At dinner, it was a challenge to pick around the things I … Continue reading
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