One Local Summer – Week 14

My little garden in the backyard has finally started producing something! After a REALLY disappointing zucchini season – read: Lack Thereof – the garden has made up for things by giving me a ton of cucumbers. I planted lemon cucumbers, regular old green cucumbers, and miniature white cucumbers.  I’ve foisted some off on the neighbors, [...]

One Local Summer – Week 12

I came home from the Market at the Anselma Mill with a Spaghetti Squash. I’d never had spaghetti squash and I’ve been trying to broaden my vegetable horizons and try new things. Searching online, I found this recipe for spaghetti squash pancakes. Interesting, different, and easy! I didn’t quite follow the recipe as written. I [...]

OLS: Week 8

Pizza for Week Eight!  I saw the post on FarmToPhilly.com about making pizza and I just *had* to!  This has become a popular item in the house since the crust is actually done on the grill.  I usually do a big batch of them at once and then stick them in the freezer or fridge [...]

OLS: Week 4

Week four!  This week was a full dinner for two and I may have cheated a little more than I usually do with the locality of all of the ingredients, but to do a meal like this, well, sometimes you have to do what works.  This week features most items coming from a trip to [...]

OLS: Week 3

I’m a little late on this one, but we spent all of week 3 in Scotland.  So, I think that’s okay, right? For the record, this was a lunch meal and I tend to go heavier on the green things and lighter on the meat for lunches, hence the big blob of green on the [...]