Author Archives: Katie

Can it be spring, finally?

Meet this week’s vegetables: Red leaf lettuce — How grateful are we this year for our two field houses? Very! In this exceptionally wet and cold spring (so say all the old timers), it’s hard to imagine not having our … Continue reading

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How the spring hurts

Meet this week’s vegetables: Salad mix — More delicious, tender, sweet spring salad mix! We sure have been enjoying salads that feature lettuce! Greens mix — In addition to the salad mix (with lettuce), you might also enjoy this “greens … Continue reading

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Parsnip Spice Cake

Many of you have been commenting that you’ve made fantastic parsnip cakes recently, so I had to investigate this concept. I found this recipe, which seems at first to have a long list of ingredients until you realize they’re mostly … Continue reading

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On restaurants

Meet this week’s vegetables: Salad mix — Well, after a few awesome days, we’re back to winter again. At least it feels that way today — build a fire and cozy up out of the rain! But, in spite of … Continue reading

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Spring, where are you?

Meet this week’s vegetables: Cauliflower OR broccoli OR arugula rapini — We thought all three of things were special enough to be made options up against one another. Over-wintered cauli is something we’ve tried to grow every year and only … Continue reading

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Cabbage recipes

Braised Red Cabbage Melt 2 tbsp butter in large saucepan. Sauté thinly sliced leeks, then add sliced cabbage, apples (peeled, cored and sliced), ½ tsp sugar and dash salt, and 4 whole cloves. Mix well. Add ½ c. red wine … Continue reading

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Quarry fight picks up again

Meet this week’s vegetables: (Rusty can’t resist the veggies!) Dino kale rapini — Dinosaur kale rapini might just be our favorite of all the rapinis, especially for eating raw. But, then again, we couldn’t give up any of the others … Continue reading

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Happy rapini season!

Meet this week’s vegetables: Kale rapini — The edible leaves, stems, and shoots from our over-wintered kale plants! Find more info in the newsletter. Turnip rapini — The edible leaves, stems, and shoots from our over-wintered turnip plants! Mustard OR … Continue reading

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Colcannon (Mashed potatoes with cabbage)

An easy version of the Irish favorite! Peel and slice potatoes into 1 ½-inch chunks and place in a large saucepan or Dutch oven. Add cold water just to cover. Pile on top of the potatoes thinly sliced leeks and … Continue reading

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Winter, continued.

Meet this week’s vegetables: Cabbage — Have you made sauerkraut yet this winter? Maybe it’s time! See the ‘recipe’ in this week’s newsletter. Sweet potatoes — Roasted sweet potatoes seem to go with anything. Lately we’ve started just cooking different … Continue reading

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