Ingredients and Inspiration: We hosted dinner parties Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights last week. Whew! We have lots of leftovers but our interest in cooking is a little low. Our Japanese guest Anna comes on Thursday evening. Yay! Fresh tomatoes and peppers are ripe in the garden. My mom gave us a few quarts of blueberries and we’re picking peaches Monday. There’s some preserving to be done. Meal Plan: Monday – happy hour  date at [...]

Ingredients & Inspiration: It’s still really hot. We are planning lots of low-cooking time dishes. Alex’s birthday is Tuesday! Fresh peppers (nardello and pepperoncini), green beans, violet jasper tomatoes, and herbs in the garden. Menu: Monday – green bean pad thai Tuesday – Alex’s wishes – maybe sushi out? Wednesday - BLTs with homemade bread, bacon, and aoili, and fruit salad Thursday – Grilled fish, bok choi, and sweet potatoes Friday – Pork belly roast (in [...]

Ingredients and Inspiration Obligations: It’s going to feel like a bajillion degrees outside this week Lots of fresh broccoli, corn, zucchini in the fridge Green beans, kale, herbs available in the garden I teach Tuesday and Wednesday nights and volunteer at OSU most of the day Thursday – Saturday with the Labo/Ohio 4-H exchange program. Alex’s parents and my parents are on vacation right now. I agreed to take care of their gardens. Per point [...]

Inspiration and Ideas: We have lots of leftovers from last night’s Father’s Day feast including: blueberry basil turkey burgers, potato salad, black bean salad, green salad, mac & cheese, grape pie, & pavlova. My left-over-disappearing-machine, aka Alex, is traveling to Connecticut this week. I am terribly jealous. I want to travel, don’t want to single parent, and have no plans this week, except… I am teaching Jam Canning on Tuesday evening at Wild Goose. Space [...]

The heat had me down last week and then *poof* a front passed through on Saturday, transforming the weather into lovely low 70s during the day and 60s at night. This is my kind of weather, perfect for outdoor living and cooking! Ingredients and Inspiration Produce ready to pick: garlic scapes, lettuces, chard, herbs, raspberries, strawberries In the fridge: local asparagus, spinach, lamb, pork Cool weather means we can cook and enjoy hot foods I [...]

Ingredients and Inspiration: broccoli, asparagus, leftover campfire potatoes in the fridge red leaf lettuce and radishes need to be harvested We have been craving HoundDogs pizza. It’s a once a season treat we haven’t had in forever. We are picking strawberries at Schacht Farm Monday. Menu: Monday ~ Turkey mushroom goulash over homemade egg noodles, steamed asparagus, strawberry shortcake Tuesday ~ Rachel at Sage with friend, Alex and Lil -  fish, broccoli, quinoa Wednesday ~ [...]

Ingredients and Inspiration: We have an abundance of vegetables in the fridge Our strawberries are finally ripening and we hope to go pick from a local farm this week No classes or special events after Monday Meal Plan: Monday – Homemade sausage demo at a friend’s house for a cookout; we also brought fennel apple slaw. Tuesday – Date night featuring the beet cocktail at Rossi Wednesday – Grilled fish, asparagus pasta salad Thursday – [...]