So the Slow Food movement has been promoting a $5 challenge that is starting today, Sept 17th. Cook a meal for yourself, your family, your neighbors, a party, for $5 or less per person, using the slow food ideals: “food that is good for those who eat it, good for farmers and workers, and good [...]
Posts Tagged ‘tomatoes’
Wilson Farm in Lexington MA
I’ve always wanted to visit the Wilson Farms store in Lexington MA. It’s not very far away, but it’s still a little bit of a drive. Well I was planning to be in the Lexington area yesterday, so I decided it was definitely time to check them out. The night before, I browsed their web [...]
Roasting Tomatoes and Drying Celery Leaves
Went to a local farm in a neighboring town and picked up 6 lb gorgeous tomatoes ($1.75lb) along with a big celery with tons and tons of leaves ($1) and two small pickling cukes ($1). All for under $13.50! As soon as I returned home, I washed and chopped the tomatoes into halves/large chunks and [...]
Skipping CSA Next Season
I think I’ll be skipping the CSA next season. We’ll see how it goes, buying directly from the farm and other farmer’s markets, and then I’ll decide if I want to go back the following season. There is absolutely nothing wrong with CSA, and I adore Farmer Dave’s and the staff, but I think I [...]
Picked My 1st Tomato
Yay, I picked my first “early girl” tomato this morning. It had turned red a couple of days ago but I kept it on the vine so it could ripen a little more. We planted 4 tomato plants along with basil and oregano in a small garden. We also tried planting 4 organic sprouted potatoes [...]
Spicy Fennel Tomato Soup Recipe
I’ve borrowed the new Gwyneth Paltrow cookbook from the library – “My Father’s Daughter: Delicious, Easy Recipes Celebrating Family & Togetherness“. I started reading and was immediately intrigued by the recipe on page 58 – “White Bean Soup: Two Ways” – I had a fennel bulb in my crisper drawer and was stumped on how [...]
Plan Ahead Cooking Sunday
Today was another plan ahead cooking day! It’s been very busy at work, so time is limited for cooking healthy meals. I don’t want to revert to my old ways of “convenience” processed food and take-out, so I have been using my slow cooker (crock pot) a couple of days a week. It’s been a [...]
Roasted Green Tomatoes
I don’t remember ever eating a green (unripe) tomato in the past, but we received a few in our CSA share for the last couple of weeks. But how to eat them!? I found a whole bunch of recipes online, and the chutney intrigued me, as did the green tomato jam. But I decided to [...]
Tomato Patio Plant – Review
I originally blogged about the patio cherry tomato plant I purchased from Mahoney’s Garden Center back in June. It was a steep initial investment of $30, but I was willing to take a chance that it would be worth it. It was a massive plant, about 3 feet tall when we bought it. It grew [...]
Eggplant Parmesan Soup
I found a fabulous soup book at the library! New England Soup Factory Cookbook: More Than 100 Recipes from the Nation’s Best Purveyor of Fine Soup is written by a local woman who operates two restaurants in the Boston area. I’ve never heard of her restaurants, but the book looked interesting with gorgeous photos and [...]
