Today we ate our last winter squash harvested over six months ago. It was bitter and I’m sad about that. I wondered exactly what is left in our larder. Here’s the count as of March 9, 2010: 8.5 quarts applesauce 10 half pints tomato paste 3 quarts tomato sauce 12 quarts whole tomatoes 2...
Read more →Today thirteen children joined me to explore apples for the Kids Cook series at Sprout Soup. We started out making a simple six ingredient apple crisp. One table chopped peeled cored apples into pieces while the other mixed the topping. 6 peeled and cored apples, chopped and placed into 8×8 dish 1/2 cup oats...
Read more →I love apples and I love autumn, so it follows that I love spending a day apple picking. For three years now we have been loyal patrons of Windy Hill Apple Farm, home to Charlie’s Apples. It is an organic farm with a selection of specially chosen disease resistant trees located north of Johnstown,...
Read more →We recently picked up more Ohio apples from a farm stand in north east Ohio while visiting my uncle. (Our nearby local fave, Charlie’s, is sold out until next fall.) We put some in the fridge for storage. Charlie taught me last year how to keep apples fresh for months: 1) Wash apples. 2)...
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