kitchen adventures
In the spring of 2018, I embarked on a vacation voyage with Viking River Cruises. The food they served was simply marvelous, and I’ve been trying to recreate some of those flavors ever since. This carrot ginger soup is an example. It’s a simple soup: just carrots and onions with
CSA week 12: my favorite radishes are back! The box lacks only tomatoes to be a perfect summer distribution. Never fear, my farmers had tomatoes aplenty, and yes, readers, I bought some. However, I’m talking about the CSA box, and what was inside. This week the box contains: 6 ears of
I’m sure there are people who don’t like chocolate chip cookies – it’s just that none of those people are in my family. By popular demand, when I bake cookies, about half the time it’ll be chocolate chip. We’ve become quite picky about our cookies, and these are perfect chocolate chip cookies.
CSA week 11: more tomatoes, please! We’ve definitely begun tomato season, and that’s a good thing – no, it’s a great thing. The whole family loves tomatoes. We’re looking forward to several more weeks of all tomatoes, all the time. The vegetable treasures this week: six ears of corn one big head
CSA week 10: the radishes are back! (I love radishes.) We also have the summer’s first cherry tomatoes. Those won’t last long; in this house we are tomato fiends. This week our box holds fantastic stuff: six ears of corn one big head broccoli radishes one yellow summer squash carrots cucumbers one
CSA week 9: our first tomatoes, and don’t they look grand. We’re definitely into summer produce now, and I’m ready for tomato sandwiches and fresh corn! This week our box is heavy, because it contains: a dozen ears of corn 3 cantaloupe lettuce kale green beans cucumbers and red, ripe tomatoes
CSA week 8 brings fresh corn! This is exciting; I thought that the corn wasn’t at all ready yet. Naturally we cooked and ate it the night we brought it home – no sense in letting good corn sit around. I miss the radishes, but it’s good to see the
Definitely July, definitely CSA week 7, and definitely hot weather. Things are growing well, and our farmers have, yet again, packed our box with goodies. For the first week, though, there are no radishes. This was an excellent spring for radishes! The box does have these: romaine lettuce (2 big
When you think of potato salad, do you think of the typical mayonnaise-based same old stuff? If that doesn’t appeal, go Greek: try a potato salad without mayonnaise at all. This Greek potato salad is one of my secret weapons in the summertime: it’s simple to make, doesn’t heat up
CSA week 6, and the beginning of July. Today, thank goodness, is moderate in temperature, but last week was as hot as we might expect in late August – infernally hot. I console myself by thinking that the heat will only help make really good tomatoes. Alas, no tomatoes yet, but
It’s CSA week 5 – still June, though just barely – and my farmer at Vanhoutte Farms surprised me. This week’s box held sugar snap peas and snow peas, and I thought that the hot weather spelled the end of the pea distributions. I’m happy to be wrong, though, these taste great.
A note: I was sent, free of charge, a tub of ChefShamy Honey Butter with Vanilla as a participant in #CookoutWeek 2018. It was my own decision to make pie crust with honey butter: an experiment that I call a success. I wanted to do something a bit beyond the
I’m Maurita Plouff, and I write about cooking and preserving the local harvest in Southeast Michigan. Any recipe you find here is something I have cooked myself, and enjoyed, and think you might like too. I invite you to try the recipes, and leave comments.