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 [...]

At the Tayse family Xmas extravaganza, Grandma Joyce, of Rhubarb Crunch and Ginger Snap fame, inquired about freezer biscuits. She is a fantastic biscuit maker, trained by the best I’ve ever known, her mother (my late great grandmother) Leona. Now living alone, she would like to have a biscuit or two for dinner but doesn’t want to consume a whole batch. She could buy some of those dough boy frozen ones, but she is too [...]

Did you pick strawberries last week and then receive quarts of them in your CSA this week?  That’s the case with many of my friends who are now looking for quick ways to process the excess. The fastest way to preserve berries, in my opinion, is freezing.  Frozen berries can be popped into yougurt parfaits, smoothies, baked goods, or jam later in the season.  They last for at least a year in the coldest part [...]