One Local Summer – Week 2

And we’re onto Week 2. So far, there’s not a lot of produce to pick from at the market given that our growing season REALLY gets moving at the end of May into early June. Oley Valley Mushrooms always comes through with fantastic mushrooms – these Crimini ‘shrooms were seriously the best mushrooms I have [...]

OLS: Week 10

Week ten of one local summer is cooked and consumed already. The husband is home again and decided to try something different – tacos! I was in charge of the taco shells and toppings while he did the filling. I found a good shell recipe here which used both cornmeal and flour.  I went with whole [...]

OLS: Week 7

One Local Summer rolls into week seven.  This week it’s back to being all me and I went all out.  Let’s start in the front with the zucchini, from my very own garden.  Next around, clockwise, is a zucchini bread muffin.  Finally we have a DELICIOUS bison with pesto and sharp goat cheese ravioli. Zucchini [...]

OLS: Week 6

Week six of One Local Summer and it’s almost the mid-point of the thirteen week challenge. The husband decided to take the lead on this week’s meal with no objection from me.  In the back is a pile of mashed turnips and carrots with maple sugar added for flavor.  Clockwise, next is a Bison Meatloaf [...]