Cauliflower Salad Simply Made
Cauliflower salad Cauliflower salad is ready in a few minutes. Boil or sauté-steam the cauliflower until just tender for best flavor. Then add your choice of chopped celery, grated carrot, thinly...
View ArticleChard Soup Made Simply
Chard soup, like cabbage or lettuce soup, can be made from nothing more than chard, water, and salt, But this recipe is a bit fancier—it adds a couple of eggs, a small onion, and some pepper. Cut the...
View ArticleSliced Cabbage Salad Simply Made
Sliced cabbage salad Here’s an easy to make salad. All you need is thinly sliced green or red cabbage–or both. Toss the sliced cabbage with ½ teaspoon of salt and any of the following also thinly...
View ArticleVegetable Stew Made Simply
Vegetable stew Here is an easy to make vegetable stew that you can cook up any time of the year. The combination of vegetables in this stew can vary with the season and harvest. Choose two or three...
View ArticleSummer Garden Salad with Tarragon Dressing
Every vegetable in this salad should be available fresh and local from mid to late summer. This salad would be tasty alongside fresh trout, striped bass or salmon or tuna or swordfish (choose the body...
View ArticlePotato-Leek Soup Simply Made
Print Potato-Leek Soup Author Steve Albert Potato-leek soup is simply made with potatoes and leeks from the garden. You can leave the skins on the potatoes if you like. Ingredients 3 parts finely...
View ArticleGlazed Carrots Simply Made
Print Glazed Carrots Author Steve Albert Don’t miss out on this simple carrot recipe. It’s delicious! Instructions Peel the carrots and cut them into rounds or sticks. Be sure the pieces are about the...
View ArticleWhole Brussels Sprouts Steamed, Stir Fried, Roasted
Cook Brussels sprouts until the insides are just tender, not soft, and the flavor will be sweet, mild, and delicious. Choose Brussels sprouts that are dark green, tightly formed, and of uniform...
View ArticleWhole Winter Squash Roasted
Roasted butternut squash Small winter squashes such as butternut, Delicata, and acorn can be roasted in halves to serve right in the shell. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Halve the squash and scoop out the...
View ArticleRoasted Root Vegetables
Roasted roots: carrots, parsnips, potatoes, butternut squash Roasted root vegetables make for a sweet and savory side dish. Roots great for roasting are carrots, turnips, celery root, rutabagas,...
View ArticleCauliflower Salad Simply Made
Cauliflower salad Print Cauliflower Salad Boil or sauté-steam the cauliflower until just tender for best flavor. Then add your choice of chopped celery, grated carrot, thinly sliced green onions or red...
View ArticleChard Soup Made Simply
Print Chard Soup Author Steve Albert Ingredients Chard soup, like cabbage or lettuce soup, can be made from nothing more than chard, water, and salt, But this recipe is a bit fancier—it adds a couple...
View ArticleSliced Cabbage Salad Simply Made
Sliced cabbage salad Print Sliced Cabbage Salad Author Steve Albert Here’s an easy to make salad. All you need is thinly sliced green or red cabbage–or both. Instructions Toss the sliced cabbage with...
View ArticleVegetable Stew Made Simply
Vegetable stew Here is an easy to make vegetable stew that you can cook up any time of the year. The combination of vegetables in this stew can vary with the season and harvest. Choose two or three...
View ArticleHow to Prepare Spring Peas with No Recipe
Garden peas are both sweet and savory. They have a grassy sweetness with an undertone of umami. Cooking fresh-shelled peas can be difficult: you will want to eat them fresh out of the pod before you...
View ArticleHow to Cook New Potatoes with No Recipe
New potatoes make for sweet, moist eating. You can serve them steamed, sautéed, boiled, baked, roasted, or grilled. They can be served tossed in butter or olive oil or as a dip with butter or sour...
View ArticleHow to Cook and Serve Asparagus with No Recipe
Cooked asparagus has a subtle sweet grassy flavor. It is a perfect match to salty dairy ingredients such as butter, Parmesan cheese, and hollandaise sauce. Asparagus also is well matched to slightly...
View ArticleFive Ways to Cook and Serve Salsify
Some say salsify has the subtle, sweet flavor of an oyster. Some say salsify has the flavor of asparagus or artichokes. Salsify is sometimes called “oyster plant”. Salsify can be cooked in many of the...
View ArticleShell Beans Serving Tips
Shell beans are any members of the legume family that are shucked or shelled. All beans grow in pods. Shell beans are cooked and served after they have been shelled. The pod is not eaten. Shell beans...
View ArticleHow to Freeze Ripe Tomatoes
Freeze tomatoes whole or cut. Freeze the bounty of tomatoes you don’t eat fresh this summer for use in cooking next winter. How to freeze a tomato Freeze tomatoes whole or cut them into wedges. Wash...
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