By Jeanie Rose | Greens
When I watched the Growing Your Greens video for dehydrating vegetable chips, I was intrigued. John was plucking all sort of leaves, not just kale. This was new for me even though we have made kale chips. Then he proceeded to season those leaves like they were the next fast food item to be offered […]
Continue readingBy Jeanie Rose | Cucumber
It is just in the last ten years that I have been exposed to ethnic versions of cucumber salad. The familiar cucumber and red onion floating in vinegar is OK, but there is a whole world of flavors out there to try. This salad is inspired by Anita’s Mexican Restaurant in Bakersfield, California. Their authentic […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Dairy
Did you grow up believing that Cool Whip was actually whipped cream? Hopefully not! But gauging by responses when serving a whipped cream dessert to guests, I’d say that very few people indulge in honest-to-goodness whipped cream. We must have at least three generations now of Cool Whip kids. Cool Whip: quick and easy, cheap […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Elderberry
Elder is in full bloom in central California. It blooms from early spring and well into the summer at various elevations here. We harvest in the valley in early spring and into higher elevations as the season passes. Elder loves water and so we find it along creek beds. Some of the bushes have managed […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Antiques , Desserts , Recipes
After decades of owning and using Julie Jordan’s Cabbage Town Cafe Cookbook, I finally got around to trying this recipe. You know how you stick a little something between the pages to indicate interest? Or maybe you dog-ear the page? This recipe had both a little slip of paper and a dog-ear. Another decade or […]
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By Amanda Rose | Beets
I peek under our hoop house garden bed to check the progress of the hundred beets we planted early in the winter. The greens look healthy and strong. For two months I have resisted the urge to harvest baby beets early. On occasion, I did harvest a few beets under the auspices of “thinning the […]
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