Garlic Scape & White Bean Dip
You need to balance the flavors carefully here or it goes off track.
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Garlic Scape Pickles
This recipe is basically the “Dilly Beans” recipe from the Ball Blue Book. We have oregano this week, which goes great with garlic. You could still use dill if you’d prefer. As long as you don’t lower the acidity, you can get creative with it, like mixing green onions in, or using your chard stalks.
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Strawberry Rhubarb Dessert Bars
I wouldn’t call this healthy, but it sure does taste good!
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Hoeing
There has been a lot of hoeing going on around here. Miles of rows have been planted, and the inevitable weeds are sprouting along with the crops. It is important to loosen up the earth next to the emerging seedlings so they can breathe. Short chipping motions cut the soil up and a quick pull…
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Eat saturated fat for good health?
I want to talk fats. Over the weekend, I taught at and attended the “Food For Life” weekend at the Sequatchie Valley Institute near Chattanooga. There were many intriguing presentations, but the one that has my gears turning was about fat. We learned how to make ghee (clarified butter, milk proteins removed), a staple in…
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The Long Hungry Creek CSA
The produce grown along the Long Hungry creek has become priceless-we don’t sell it anymore. The invaluable, farm fresh food is now free, and the folks who eat it cover the farm’s budget. You can’t buy vegetables from us these days, you have to join the club and support the farm in some way. Like…
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Ready… Set… Go!
Here we are- it’s time for the first CSA pick-up of the 2010 season. I want to welcome all the new members, and to welcome back all of our members from previous years. The floods did wipe out our carrots and peas, so be patient with us as we try and fill that void with…