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How to Eat Radishes
Last year was the year of raw kale. This year I wanted to try cooking radishes. Having seen a cooked radish garnish on a menu recently, and since a bunch of beautiful radishes have literally popped up in the garden … Continue reading
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Tagged beet greens, blue cheese, blueberry salad, cooked radishes, greens, radish greens, radishes, salad greens, sauteed radishes
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Pickled Asparagus
One of my goals this year is to do more pickling. First on the list and most important was pickled asparagus. It’s the first year of eating asparagus from the garden, and I knew that as the spears got thinner … Continue reading
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Tagged asparagus, canning, pickled asparagus, pickles, spring canning, vegetable canning
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Asparagus!
Three years ago, I had a dream. A dream to eat asparagus from my garden. I obsessively watched Youtube videos, ordered some plants and put them in two of my raised beds. And for that year and the next, I … Continue reading
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Tagged asparagus, greens, grilled chicken, growing asparagus, kale, salad, summer salad
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Spring Greens
Yesterday morning I worked diligently away on the proofs of a book while the classical music station played songs related to May. Ah, May! Glorious spring! Month of full bloom! We can finally put that cruel month, April, behind us. … Continue reading
Posted in garden, recipe, the Farm
Tagged arugula, parsnip, prairie burn, sauteed arugula, spring green, spring onion
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Moroccan Camel Stew
A week ago, when I went into St. Cloud Meat and Grocery, one of several Somali grocery stores in town, to buy some rice, there were a couple guys in the back of the store chopping meat. I asked what … Continue reading
Posted in recipe, St. Joseph
Tagged African spice recipes, beef stew, camel, camel stew, goat stew, Morocco, somali grocery
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Preparations
I love hosting Easter at our house. Steve has hosted lots of family gatherings in this house, and it’s only taken me five years to relax and realize that there is an order to this and everything will work. I … Continue reading
Posted in Benedictine monastery, garden, recipe, religion, St. Joseph, the Farm
Tagged Easter, eggs, sand hill crane, snow, spring, Triduum
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The Last Squash
February and March can be miserable months for many reasons. Although I have come to enjoy some butternut squash recipes, I am still not a “fan.” And by February, I’m not really interested in eating squash anymore. Yesterday was probably the … Continue reading
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Six-Minute Chocolate Cake
I was already craving chocolate cake when I read a long scene in Louise Erdrich’s The Round House about chocolate cake– cut in four pieces and served up with ice cold milk. So after the treacherous drive home from church, … Continue reading
Posted in recipe, the Farm
Tagged baking, chocolate, chocolate cake, easy chocolate cake, fast chocolate cake, Moosewood Cooks at Home
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The New Old Foods
I am sure I’ve said before that Barbara Kingsolver’s book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle changed my life. It is the second book by Barbara Kingsolver that changed my life, as Poisonwood Bible also had a huge effect on my thinking about … Continue reading
Posted in garden, recipe
Tagged beets, butternut squash, cooking, food, garden, greens, kale, kingsolver, omnivore's dilemma, radish, winter vegetables
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Smelt
Back in June we stopped at Morey’s Fish Market on the way to my sister-in-law’s cabin and I bought a pound of smelt. It had been in my freezer since then, while I waited for the right occasion. I finally decided … Continue reading
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