It’s here! The week of treats and gifts and family! We’re trying to eat vegetable-heavy, non-holiday food as much as possible to balance the feasts that will come at the end of the week. Meal Plan: Monday – homemade chorizo and bean burritos with guacamole, salsa, and spinach Tuesday – pad thai with bean sprouts and tuna chunks Wednesday – homemade pizza Thursday – Solstice Party in the morning. We’re serving sun bread and chicken [...]

Ingredients and Inspiration This is the week of at least three feasts for our family. Our fridge is full of chicken stock, brussels sprouts, and charcuterie for our contribution to Thursday’s meal. I have five or six pie pumpkins to process into puree this week. I’ll give some to pie-makers and freeze the rest. To make the stock this weekend, we cooked several small chickens and picked off the meat. We froze some and need [...]

Before I make a meal plan, I always look ahead on my calendar. This week is particularly full of local events that I hope to attend: It’s Dine Originals Restaurant Week! Enjoy original prefix menus for just $10/20/30 November 7 -13 and support Local Matters at the same time. I think I’ll treat Lil to lunch at Katzingers or tea at Mozarts. This Tuesday is election day! We suggest voting No on Two but the [...]

Ingredients & Inspiration: I harvested a ton (well, several huge bowls) of green tomatoes, peppers, and herbs this weekend when frost threatened. I ended up with four bags of Swainway Urban Farm sprouts after working the booth on Saturday. Yum! Hello birthday week!! I want to go to Athens Farmers Market for my birthday and backpack the night at Wildcat Hollow. This will be our first time to the market ever and first time backpacking [...]

Ingredients and Inspiration: We are trying to return to a normal routine after several weeks with lots of events. Our garden is winding down with only a few tomatoes and peppers left. I unearthed some old homemade chorizo in the freezer that needs to be used. Lil’s birthday is this weekend! Monday – chorizo mulitas, curtido Tuesday – from-the-garden Johnny Marzetti (food blogger roundup on this Columbus classic coming Wednesday), steamed garden green beans Wednesday [...]

Ingredients and Inspiration: Lots of green beans in the garden. Tomatoes are infrequent but still around. We have just a few beautiful white patty pan squash ready to eat. We didn’t meal plan last week and I hated it. Too much questioning what to make for dinner! On Wednesday, Alex and I have a quick night away to Cincinnati to hear Gillian Welch. Yay!! This week will end with our annual labor day camp and [...]

Ingredients and Inspiration: Tomatoes and peppers are growing like crazy Anna wants to cook for us Anna wants to eat pizza while she is here I am teaching twice this week – 11 am Thursday preK corn class and 4 pm Sunday pickling at Franklin Park. Both have spaces still available! Dinners: Monday – homemade/homegrown BLT on homemade bread and purple potato salad Tuesday – Anna makes tempura with garden veggies and rice balls Wednesday [...]