Category Archives: Food

It has been a week of pizza, I meant to make it twice, but the way the dinners fell, they are almost back to back.  one batch Chicago Deep Dish (from the new issue of Cook’s Illustrated – it’s almost Continue reading Pizza→

At the suggestion of Slow Fool Rhode Island, My Mom and I visited the Wintertime Farmer’s Market in Pawtucket RI today.  WOW. It’s housed in one of the mill buildings that dot New England towns along the rivers, there was Continue reading Wicked Cool – I’m feeling Bohemian now!→

I was a bit late picking up the CSA box from Oakdale Farms yesterday, but the light was lovely.These Polish cockerals are named Ricky and Fred, they look like muppet teenagers to me. K could go up and down this Continue reading snap shots from Oakdale Farms→

My High School Classmate has an awesome website, Poor Girl Gourmet, and soon to be published cookbook that I’m sure will also be awesome.  She seems to read my kids’ mind. A week or two ago, one of the boys Continue reading Home Made Tortillas→

Friday – Pizza, B is up to the Italian unification in SOTW Assets: lots of zuchini, one eggplant, a huge nappa cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, corn, lettuce, green peppers Saturday – nice lunch and dinner Ratatue -maybe the movie will make Continue reading This Week’s CSA Box and Menu→

Friday – out of most stuff but veggies Pasta with squash, tomatoes, olive and feta – I hope there are lots of little tomatoes down at our community garden plot and corn- cause we need to eat it while it’s Continue reading This Week’s Menu and CSA Box→

Note: the breaded squash even flopped with DH.  Pizza has never been such a sad meal before.  And even with pepperoni! Saturday, cool, boy friendly for tired, hungry, footsore museum goer’s whole wheat pizza, see if you can use up Continue reading Last week’s menu and csa box→

I didn’t take a photo this week because I put the veggies away already, and I was SO tired last night.  K’s teeth, or the itchy patches on her arm that I think might be eczama woke her up a Continue reading This week’s CSA Box and Menu→

there were blueberries too, they got put into scones, Cooks Illustrated July/August 2007 cole slaw for 4th of July Picnic (buttermilk recipe from CSA) rhubarb Pie (Mom used her part of the rhubarb to make a sauce for the barbequed Continue reading This Week’s CSA Box and Menu→

Red-spotted curly lettuce Boston Bib lettuce Bright Lights Swiss Chard Lots of fresh peas English cucumber Lots of zuchini and some kale I still have some blue cheese, so tonight there will be blue cheese dressed salad with cucumber and Continue reading Third CSA Box Menu in progress→

This week’s box was very similar to last week’s box, we are still in the spring greens season curly red lettuce romaine lettuce spinach fresh peas strawberries rhubarb hot house cucumbers 3 rhubarb streusel muffins recipe for rhubarb streusel muffins Continue reading Second CSA Box, and Menu→

Our fist box held: spinach romaine lettuce curly leafed lettuce rhubarb strawberries hot house cucumbers strawberry -rhubarb jam and a planter of herbs to put on the porch (I’d better water it!) Menu for the week: spinach salad with hot Continue reading First CSA Box and weekly menu→