I had a friend coming over for lunch and did not have time to go to the store. I promised something healthy. Luckily, I had just enough in the house to make an adaptation of Ellie Krieger’s Hummus and Grilled Vegetable Wrap along with some spiced edamame from the garden. The star of this wrap…
Peach Bread
In case you did not know, southern Delaware is peach country. We grow some tasty peaches. And this year they are particularly good. I have a cookbook from my favorite all-natural farm, Highland Orchards. In it is a recipe for peach bread by Elaine Linton, the farmer’s mother. I made the bread exactly as it…
Linguine with Artichoke & Pattypan Squash
We are down to our last few pattypan squash. I am ready to be done with them. The good thing is that I have found so many interesting ways to cook them, but, enough is enough. So today I planted my fall veggies: broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts and kale. I don’t think I could ever…
Three Bean Salad
Yellow beans are growing and growing and growing. Every time we think we have picked them all, we return 2 days later and find more huge ones, that we must have missed last time, or even the last 2 times… I picked up some organic green beans from Tap Root Farm at the farmers market….
Roasted Lima Beans
I was looking for a new way to cook the lima beans from our garden. After doing an internet search, I came upon this recipe from an NPR piece on lima beans from 2007 by D. Cameron Lawrence. The recipe is from chef Bruce Ucán of the Mayan café in Louisville, KY. It is adaptable for…
Keema (Indian Ground Beef and Peas)
As you can probably tell, we eat mostly vegetarian, with fish or other meats every now and then. But our youngest daughter, who recently turned full vegetarian, was coming home. Since she will only be home for a couple of weeks, we would be having all vegetarian dinners as well. So, to give everyone their…
Pasta with Pesto, Fresh Tomatoes and Garlic Shrimp
We have been in a bit of a shrimp kick this summer. Wild caught gulf shrimp, it may not be local, but it is certainly good. My goal is to combine the shrimp with food from my garden. Today it is my basil, garlic, and tomatoes. Oops there is a bruised leaf in my picture…
Spiced Edamame
Every year I try to grow edamame (edible soybeans). The first year I tried, they did fine; but every year since, the plants have been eaten by rabbits right after sprouting. This year, I have 5 very healthy plants loaded with pods. Hurrah! There are enough pods that we can eat edamame as much as…
Khoresh Bademjun (Persian Eggplant Stew) – Revisited Without all the Oil
As I have said before, Khoresh Bademjun is pretty much the most popular meal in my household. The only thing that keeps me from making it more often is all the oil used in frying the eggplant. So, when I made the Eggplant and Tomato Stew with Pomegranate Molasses and prepared the eggplant by roasting rather…
Summer’s Bounty “Shakshouka”
I now have patty pan squash and carrots coming out of my ears! It seems like every dinner starts with a cutting board like the one below. My first night back to work after the California trip, I returned from Philadelphia and just stared at the produce in my kitchen, trying to come up with…
Andrea's Garden Cooking 