Vegetables

Nov 10

Homemade baby food with winter squash

One of the favorite baby foods in this house has been butternut squash. How wonderful to be able to turn out your baby’s own food where you know there are no additives except the love you put into it. If you grow your own butternut, all the better. And if you don’t…butternut is available in […]

Nov 09

Homemade kale chips — Your way, your flavors

By Jeanie Rose | Greens

Kale chips may be the biggest new sensation on the snack market. With the feverish pursuit of health, kale chips were bound to happen. I can consume a rather pricey bag of these chips in ten minutes, still wanting more. How about you? The answer to this dilemma is to make your own kale chips. […]

Oct 21

Can you turn your jack-o-lantern into a pumpkin pie?

By Amanda Rose | Winter Squash

So you have a big pumpkin sitting on your porch and you wonder if you can actually eat it. Yes, you are good to go as long as it is not spoiled. Is yours spoiled? It’s really pretty hard to say. Some areas are pretty cold during the fall season, others are not. Here in […]

Oct 19

Butternut squash: How to select it, cook it, peel it (and more) in your go-to guide

By Jeanie Rose | Winter Squash

Butternut squash is a perennial favorite among the winter squash and for good reason. It has great flavor and color and it stores for several months in a root cellar. The deep orange color comes from its vitamin A/beta carotene content, but it is also rich in several other vitamins and minerals. Butternut squash is […]

Oct 16

Breaded eggplant, baked in the oven for a healthier take on the classic

By Jeanie Rose | Eggplant

Eggplant lovers enjoy this vegetable as a side to any dish. Baked, rather than fried, the eggplant absorbs less oil and seems a bit more meaty as a result. We freeze these crusty rounds to use as the foundation of a couple of main dishes — at least we freeze what does not get gobbled […]

Oct 13

You’re dehydrating your tomatoes all wrong — Here’s how to optimize your flavor with three bonus soup recipes

By Jeanie Rose | Tomatoes

Sun-dried tomatoes come from Italy where Italians dried tomatoes on their roofs to maintain the brightness and flavor of tomatoes all year long. As we have tried to replicate the flavor in the United States, sun-dried tomatoes get mixed reviews. Read a bit online and you get mixed reviews of dried tomatoes, both the loose […]