I never get tired of my chard bouquets. I really like the orange and pink stems of this one. It was Arielle’s birthday dinner, so I wanted to do a twist on a traditional lasagna. This is lighter than the other pesto based lasagnas I have made, and I was very happy with the outcome….
Category: Main Dish
Zucchini & Garlic Scape Frittata
The zucchini has arrived and I picked up garlic scape from Beechwood Orchards at the farmers market again, so I thought I would combine the two in a frittata using Farmer Kim’s eggs. Using some herbs from my garden, I had everything for the frittata except cheese. Choices in my fridge included feta,…
Lentil Salad with Swiss Chard
This morning I picked the second-to-last large bunch of swiss chard. There are still more bunches, but they are small second-growings of bunches we have already eaten. I am in a bit of a hurry to finish the chard so that my okra plants (which are interplanted with the chard) can get the full light…
Zucchini Pasta with Tomatoes & Feta
And so it begins…zucchini time! It is always so disarming, first a few cute little zucchini; a few weeks later and we will be innundated and no amount of zucchini bread baking will be able to keep up. But the season here is usually short lived, our plants are prone to a disease and as…
Swiss Chard – White Bean – Tomato Ragout
Still harvesting swiss chard, but what new to do with it? I wanted something really flavorful, and different from the dishes I have already made this season. Last year I had tried a few white bean/tomato dishes that were very tasty. So when I saw a dish in Martha Rose Shulman’s Mediterranean Harvest cookbook for…
Fava Beans & Pasta
My meeting today took me near one of my favorite farms – Highland Orchards in Wilmington, DE. They grow naturally, and grow a lot of fruits and vegetables that I do not, so I am like a kid in a candy store when I go into their shop. Today I bought blackberries, black raspberries, red…
Garlic Scape Pesto
If you like garlic, you definitely need to try garlic scape! And this pesto is a simple and quick way to truly enjoy it! I had gotten garlic scape from Beechwood Orchards at the Univ. of Pennsylvania farmers market. Garlic scape is the shoot from the garlic that produces the flower and seeds. To cook…
Spring Pea, Asparagus & Turkey Bacon Spaghetti
Farmer Kim of Spring Morning Farm brought me fresh garden peas along with my eggs, I had picked up asparagus and local spring onions at Filasky’s Produce, and had asparagus waiting to be used, so that meant some combination of the three was in the offing. Add to this that my husband and I watched…
Spinach and Corn Enchilada Casserole – in the Crock Pot
We often think of the crock pot as a winter tool for stews and other heavy dishes. But thanks to the cookbook “Make It Fast, Cook It Slow” by Stephanie O’Dea, I have discovered a whole new world of uses. When you think about it, it is perfect for the summer – add ingredients in…
Andrea's Garden Cooking 