By Jeanie Rose | Okra
If you enjoy Indian cuisine, you will swoon over this dish. The first time I made it I said to Amanda, “Can you imagine what we have been missing all these years!” What a find! Besides the lip-smacking flavor, you add a long list of health benefits from the spices to an already super-healthy vegetable. […]
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By Amanda Rose | Chocolate
We find ourselves in Kauai this week and, thinking we couldn’t be luckier to laze on a Hawaiian island in November, we landed on a Kauai chocolate farm tasting eleven dark chocolates from around the globe. We felt so inspired that we thought we’d post a little shout-out. Steelgrass Farm, in the foothills above the […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Elderberry
We have had a great crop of elderberries this year and faced the big question of what to do with such a bounty — Freeze? Can? Ferment? Wine and jam are great options for elderberries but our main use this season has been elderberry syrup. We have frozen elderberries raw to make syrup (or anything […]
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By Amanda Rose | Data Bites , Tidbits
As you bite into a fresh apple, are you getting more than you bargained for? Do apples and other fruits and vegetables actually have pesticide residue? In 2002, researchers examined pesticide residue on common fruits and vegetables comparing conventionally-produced crops to those produced using an integrated pest management system and those that were certified organic […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Tomatoes
This is a real sleeper. I roasted a pan of green tomatoes out of curiosity. There was such a pile of them, wasting a few green toms was no big deal. The experiment was on! The end result was so delightful and tasted most excellent on a cracker with cream cheese and roasted garlic. Ingredients […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Winter Squash
“How to cook pumpkin?” you ask. If you have ever tried to make pumpkin pie out of last week’s jack-o-lantern, then you have already discovered that roasted and pureed pumpkin is not the same as the canned pumpkin you grab at the market. Here’s the deal. Those large, showing pumpkins are full of water. Yes, […]
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