As a recovering vegetarian, Mollie Katzen’s Moosewood Cookbook is in regular rotation around here. When I’m in a panic and don’t know what to make for dinner I often make this from-memory, tweaked-for-my-family version of her Lentil soup. It’s really simple since it only uses one pot, takes one hour and you don’t need to […]
You know, that Jamie Oliver Chickpea Soup but with More Onions and Some Carrots
It’s winter and so I want to go into hibernation mode just as the seed business starts to ramp up. So here’s the answer to that haunting question; What’s for dinner? It’s “I’ll just make that Jamie Oliver recipe, you know, the one with the chickpeas but with more onions and some carrots” soup. We’ve just […]
Cubit’s Classic Basil Pesto Recipe
I make quite a bit of pesto in the summertime and it seems I have posted variations on our pesto recipe a few times too (here it is with garlic scapes, and then again with arugula). Somehow I keep skipping our classic basil version though. Which is a real shame as it is really so […]
My Parent’s First Visit to the Farm & What to do with all Those Zucchinis
My parents came to visit the farm for the first time last week. They were our very first visitors and they make no secret that they think we have lost our minds by taking on this project. Their visit just happened to coincide with a major heat wave and drought conditions. So after a few […]
Thin Your Seedlings, right onto your plate!
Gardening with small children in an exercise in letting go of any tidy gardening habits you may have had in the past. When letting a toddler help you out, you are likely to get thick masses of seedlings growing together. Rather than fighting it and trying to grow things in straight lines, I find it […]