It’s the end of the harvest and our storehouse is full to overflowing. Here are some highlights from this year’s garden: We got a bumper crop of blackberries and Nanking cherries. Gallons and gallons of blackberries and cherries in the freezer. Plus a couple batches of jam and several pies. Our apple tree produced a…
Wait! Isn’t nightshade a poison?!? Well, yes. if we were talking “nightshade” the plant, that is a poison. But today, we’re talking “nightshade” the family of plants. And they are probably among your favorite veggies. Vegetables in the nightshade or solanaceous family include: potatoes tomatoes peppers (both sweet and spicy varieties) eggplant tomatillos You can…
This recipe is very flexible and so it will never get old. Use any vegetable you have on hand and any herbs or other flavorings that sound good, with cheese or without. I especially like this in the fall when I’ve brought in all my vegetables from the garden. It’s a good way for me…
This recipe makes good use of all those long-keeping vegetables that you have overwintered in your basement or garage. Use any vegetable that you have on hand. Choose vegetables for color contrast for a more colorful soup. Ingredients: 4 C winter squash (any variety), peeled and cubed 2 Tbsp olive oil ¼ tsp cayenne, or…
There is nothing food-storagey at all about this soup, but I have to share this recipe from my friend Laura Dallman, because it is such a good, hearty soup. It is commonly served during the holidays here in the Dakotas and Minnesota. Laura brings it each year for our Thanksgiving dinner and we LOVE it.…
We’ll talk more about canning later in the year, but since we have a goal this month of Learning a New Skill, I thought I’d mention canning as a good skill to learn. Once you learn to can, you can be canning something almost every month, putting lots of ready-made dinners into your pantry. Which…