I had beautiful ingredients: Swiss chard, garlic and jalapeno from my garden, tomatillos and yukon gold potatoes from Farmer Kim, and corn from Highland Orchards. I wanted to make a vegetarian enchilada with salsa verde. It looked good, tasted OK, but something was off. When we added pico de gallo, things improved. The filling…
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Mexican Broccoli-Corn Lasagna
For the first time, I have had success with spring broccoli in my garden. Planting broccoli and cauliflower is usually an exercise in frustration for me, big beautiful plants that produce no edible parts. I am attributing my success this year to our cool spring. But whatever the reason, I am very happy! The first head…
Happy Earth Day, Pulled Tendon and Spinach Seedling Pasta Sauce
Happy Earth Day! To celebrate Earth Weekend, Arielle and I spent the weekend with my friend Kelly in Harrisburg, PA. It was to be a weekend of hiking and enjoying nature. My leg started hurting after our Saturday hike, so yesterday we decided to go for an easy walk at the Shenks Ferry Wildflower Preserve…
Corn and Poblano Lasagna
In the freezer now is tomato sauce, corn, pesto, tomatoes, turkey stock and various fruits I froze in the summer. It is time to defrost some frozen corn for this dish by Marcela Valladolid. Simply put, it is amazing. It was funny, no one was really excited about this before I made it, but once…
Corn Chowder
Whenever I make Thanksgiving dinner, it always starts with my variation of the corn chowder that my sister-in-law Ginny taught me to make decades ago. It was one of my father’s favorite soups, so it became a fixture in my Thanksgiving meals. Simple and oh, so satisfying. This year I am making it with the…
Ode to Okra, part 2 – Pan-Seared Okra and Corn
Because of the damage from the caterpillars (at least I think that is who ate the leaves), I lost most of my okra plants. So the harvest is slow, although ‘pitiful’ may be the better term. But I finally have enough to do some pan-searing, so I made a half-recipe. When I have more…
Pasta with Corn,Turkey Bacon and Tomato Confit
My friend Marian had told me how to make tomato confit, and it sounded so good, I made it the next morning! Well, dinner that night was going to be Michael Symon’s Bacon and Corn Cavatelli. But, once I had the confit, I totally changed the recipe and ended up with what I am giving…
Freezing Corn
There is something very calming to me about tasks like shucking corn, shelling peas, etc. Perhaps it is the mindless repetitive activity, or the literal ‘feeling’ of being ‘in-touch’ with my food? Whatever it is, I never mind these tasks. I am very picky about the corn I buy for my family, I have discovered…
Lentil Corn Chili
In honor of my going to see a taping of “The Chew” (I will in the entry when this post goes up), I made a adaptation of Mario Batali’s Corn Lentil Chili. The corn is from Filasky’s Produce, John grows the best corn I have ever tasted! So, even though I only needed 4…
Zucchini, Swiss Chard, Corn & Chicken Saffron Coucous
We happen to have an abundance of saffron in the house, and since I love what saffron does for food, I am always looking for new recipes to use it. I found a nice side dish recipe by Ina Garten for a zucchini saffron couscous. I added swiss chard, local corn, and some leftover chicken…
Andrea's Garden Cooking 