I harvested my parsnips last week. I ended up with quite a nice crop, best one yet. The first use was in a bread pudding I made for Thanksgiving, and it was one of our favorite sides (although nothing ever compares to the sweet potato casserole). The bread pudding would also be good for a…
Month: November 2016
Shanghai Braised Beef with Turnips
Turnips from the CSA and beef from our local butcher; the makings for a dinner the men in our family would really enjoy. I saved the turnip greens for a gumbo – that came out well, but not outstanding, we all decided it was good but not blog-worthy. But I love being able to use all…
Fig & Hazelnut Soda Bread
Flipping through the channels one night I came across The Great British Baking Show, specifically the Bread episode. I was hooked. But also, I saw some amazing soda breads being made. First on my list to try was the Fig and Hazelnut Rye Bread. I went to every store around me, but was not able…
Cold Cucumber Salad
One of the treats we get in our CSA basket is locally grown english cucumbers. I loved pickles and pickling things, so I decided to try a riff on Trisha Yearwood’s cucumber salad. As usual, the pickling liquid cooked up really fast, but it also created a great design in the pot. Check it out –…
Butternut Squash Lasagna Roll Ups
Time to use another section of my giant crookneck squash. I roasted about 2/3 of the neck and since I only needed 2 1/2 cups of pulp, it was still too much , so I will need to find another use for the couple of extra cups of pulp. Since even just the plain roasted…
Bereketei – Ethiopian Sabbath Bread
For first Shabbat after the election and I decided that I would feed my soul by baking bread. A good long process of baking bread…a sourdough. And I would celebrate not only diversity, but the diversity within my religion and make Bereketei – Ethiopian Sabbath Bread. One of the first steps was to toast some fenugreek seeds….
Minestrone for an Autumn Day
I went to one of our local farm stores and found this… It’s a crookneck squash, and it is gigantic! It is about the size of 3 or 4 butternut squashes! So you will likely be seeing this, or parts of it, a few times over the next few weeks. This recipe used just 1/2 of…
Mongolian Beef and Broccoli
The fall vegetables in my garden did not grow very well. Aside from the parsnips, which need a few more frosts before I can harvest them, and the sweet potatoes, which were fantastic, the rest has been a total loss. There are a few anemic leeks that may yet get eaten, but the weather and a…
Lemon Poppyseed Challah
Time for a challah that will make a great breakfast bread. I love lemon poppyseed cake, so I was very excited about trying this. It was a very easy dough to work with and produced a wonderfully light, fluffy bread. The icing added a nice sweetness to balance the tang of the lemon. It was…
Andrea's Garden Cooking 