By Jeanie Rose | Green Beans
Whether you grow bush beans or pole beans, when the crop comes in, it is abundant. It’s easy to become overwhelmed and let a pile of beans sit in the refrigerator too long. Bean bean flavor and quality is markedly best right after harvest. Quality quickly diminishes by the day. Here is a suggested kitchen […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Food Profiles , Tips
You’ve probably noticed that free-range organic chickens have drier meat than their more commercially processed counterparts. Here’s the scoop. The giant chicken processors brine their chickens before sending them to market. Brining is rather like marinating. With brining, the chicken soaks in a salt water bath for a couple of hours. During that time, the […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Green Beans
This dish will remind you a bit of the often-served green bean casserole of Thanksgiving, but with far more flavor. If you can’t stand that particular recipe, please don’t turn up your nose at this dish. Everyone I have served it to has swooned over the richness and the flavors. You will too! When you […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Berries
For years I had seen the formidable gooseberries in the forest. Green with long spines, they looked like berries from a far-away planet. No one I knew did anything with the gooseberries so I opted to hike on by and leave the berries to the brave wildlife that had learned to manage all those prickly […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Greens
This salad makes a super side-dish or can be turned into a whole meal by serving it with a bit of grilled fish or chicken and some grain like quinoa or brown rice pilaf. Stuff it in some pita and top with a yogurt dressing and felafels. I guess the point I am trying to […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Green Beans
One kitchen adventure I love is to take a really simple food, give it a little more time and attention, and turn “simple” into something really special. Of course, this usually happens around an EVENT, like a birthday or anniversary. Occasionally, it happens just because it’s fun! These bacon-wrapped green bean bundles are really simple […]
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