[Jump to Recipe] Shishito peppers are something seasonal for me and thus are a real treat. I used to get them only through my CSA and would relish those one or two meals we could make with them every summer. This year I found myself with more gardening space and I thought, why not see how successful I could be at planting them? I bought only one plant and it turns out that was a great decision because that plant…
[Jump to Recipe] Teriyaki chicken bowls are one of my go to dinners when I have company and I need something fast, easy, and have no idea what people like to eat. My recipe was modeled off of those teriyaki places you find in the mall food courts: coated chicken with cabbage and carrots over rice. Simple, but delicious, and I can make the components separately to satisfy the pickiest of eaters. Plus cabbage and carrots are veggies that last a…
[Jump to Recipe] Happy National Chocolate Chip Cookie day! But really who needs an excuse to make chocolate chip cookies? This post began about a month ago as I set out to make a chocolate chip cookie that was not super sweet, decently healthy, used my extra sourdough starter, and kept its shape pretty well. In other words, the perfect hiking and biking snack! The previous batches of cookies I had not photographed the process, just the end product. Rookie…
[Jump to Recipe] It was the first CSA (community supported agriculture) of the year from Isabelle Farms yesterday (2 weeks ago, I didn’t get this post out before vacation, sorry!) and I could not be more excited. Joining a CSA really appeals to me for many reasons: It is organic; I feel part of the community participating in it and love driving to the farm and picking up the produce. This one I don’t actually have to work on the…
[Jump to Recipe] I don’t have a yard here and grow all of my herbs and edible flowers in pots and planters on the patio. One of these herbs is rosemary, a perennial herb that spent the winter under a grow light inside. It is now spring and time for the rosemary to head back out. Rosemary is a plant that can be hard pruned back at the end of winter/beginning of spring. This helps the plant fill out and be…