Happy Sunday! Today's lunch picked from the yard before Mr. Gordon mowed: Dandelion Fritters with Maple Syrup and Honey on the side for drizzling / dipping. Batter consisted of one egg, flour, baking powder, salt, pepper, milk, butter. :-) Recipe based on directions found here at Learning and Yearning. Oh, and I recommend frying the fritters in bacon fat. But of course! And ... continue reading...
Chinois Cone & Homemade Pasta Sauce
Tracy's Intro: Today (May 4th) we are taking 6 gallon bags of last year's tomatoes (we froze them whole) and are making a bit of pasta sauce. Actually, Mr. Gordon is making the sauce... I'm hanging out enjoying the kitchen scents of sauteing garlic, shallots, and peppers. As mentioned in my last blog post, a lady where Mr. Gordon works gave him a chinois cone, pestle, and stand. Here is how it ... continue reading...
Just a Couple of Photos To Share the Week
Two photos from this past week... The organic seed potatoes from Maine arrived! (Packaged fabulously and just a lovely box to open.) Wood Prairie Family Farm - what a treat to come home to! And my bean plants - overachievers that they are - are flowering inside! (Egads!) Seed Potatoes I saw that some of the seed companies I buy from purchase their seed potatoes from the Wood Prairie Family ... continue reading...
2019 Garden Plans Update
Seedlings, seeds, plants update - it's a labor of love! I mentioned that the corn failed (no worries, will direct sow). Onions never sprouted (seeds old, ordering new seeds for direct sow), and the broccoli and Brussels sprouts failed to sprout as well. But, at this point: Seedlings / plants: 6 French green lentils sprouts (seem frail, but I've never grown them before) 4 Black Turtle ... continue reading...
Baked Chicken and Salsa
During a chat with the best hair salon artist ever (she makes me feel beautiful), we discussed getting into "food ruts." That is, always making the same thing over and over. Well, I've been digging into OLD cookbooks I have and looking for recipes to update and use. Here's a FAST weeknight dinner: Baked Chicken and Salsa - recipe updated from an old "Campbell's Cookbook" sitting on my shelf. ... continue reading...