A marathon of weekend cooking included steaks, cauliflower and potatoes with carrot top chimichurri, kielbasa soup with turnips and greens, shrimp mirliton casserole, baby back ribs with sweet corn grits, roasted pumpkin mac and cheese and pink grapefruit bars!
Read MoreLots of decadent deliciousness in our kitchen this week, even if not traditional Thanksgiving food! We had fried soft shell crab sandwiches, a delicious chicken and broccoli cheddar soup, tender creole cream cheese meatballs with a cherry tomato and butternut squash sauce, patty melts and a strawberry rhubarb roselle hibiscus crumble for dessert.
Read MoreOur farm kitchen was cranking out the hits again this week! There was carnitas with satsumas and lime, beef and farro stew, goat curry, palak paneer and lentil dal, mini kale quiches, double chocolate strawberry cookies and more!
Read MoreCelebrating the late heirloom tomato season with really excellent BLTs with almost all local ingredients. Plus there’s pasta and chicken with a kabocha squash, eggplant and sun dried tomato sauce, pork and veggie stir fry and blue corn blackberry muffins!
Read MoreIt feels like our new kitchen will never get old and this week I made one of my absolute favorite meals, a Greek style moussaka, plus a brat and veggie-loaded soup, a copycat salad from one of our favorite restaurants and kabocha oat pancakes and snickerdoodles.
Read MoreIn my second week in our new house, I was really able to churn out some delicious food. We did some simple seared pork chops with creamed mustard greens and with the leftover greens, a delicious bacon melt. Plus there was steak burrito bowls, jalapeño popper dip, some really good salads and an apple peach persimmon crisp.
Read MoreRinging in our fabulous new kitchen this week with a citrus pepper shrimp dish, heirloom tomato caprese, chicken thigh Caesar salad, tofu and veggie pad Thai, Caveman burgers and fresh pesto breakfast sandwiches!
Read MoreHere’s the last week of meals I made without a stove or oven as we get ready to move! Rarely do I make pasta twice in a little over a week, but desperate kitchen times call for desperate measures. So there was pumpkin pasta and jalapeño popper pasta, plus beef and kale stir and salmon and potatoes with Caesar salad.
Read MoreWe survived another week cooking without a stovetop or oven and still managed to eat really well, with meatball and veg coconut curry, lemony baked snapper and mashed potatoes, lentil stew, salads and apple cake!
Read MoreThis week's meals involve some creativity since I don't have a stove at the moment, so it's all about the Instant Pot and the toaster oven. Still managed to make some delicious chili chicken, squid ink pasta, lovely green salads, truffle egg salad and more!
Read MoreMy parents visiting means they brought some goodies with them -- fresh veggies from their garden and already cooked meals -- and that I had to cook up some of their favorite foods, like short ribs and carbonara pasta!
Read MorePre and post Hurricane Francine eats including lots of ways to use up bullhorn and Lesya sweet peppers, spare ribs with Japanese BBQ sauce, tofu & tuna spicy roll bowls and the first apple crisp of the season.
Read MoreLots of fun ideas this week including a veggie-loaded goat coconut curry, roasted eggplant and crispy tofu with sesame peanut sauce, simple roast chicken and veggies and new Porgy filets with fettuccine carbonara and a sauté of shrimp, shiitake mushrooms and sweet corn.
Read MoreFajitas featuring local peppers, plus pulled pork and bavette steak, parmesan salmon, beet peach salad and Sunday sauce with sausage, tomatoes and eggplant over bucatini and zucchini noodles.
Read MoreGetting my groove back in the kitchen this week with delicious smoky pulled pork and clay peas for bowls and quesadillas, thinly sliced marinated bulgogi beef, shrimp and sweet peppers with rice and pesto and a blueberry French Toast casserole for breakfast and dessert!
Read MoreSome simple, easy options for home cooking this week: battered and baked tofu rice bowls, the best homemade burgers, summery canestri pasta, with sausage, eggplant, tomatoes and basil, sourdough French toast and more!
Read MoreThis week, we’ve got three very different meals to share: smoked goat tacos with roasted veggies, homemade sweet potato gnocchi with shrimp, bacon, corn and mushrooms and sheet pan beef and peppers with Scarlett rice, kimchi and lime basil mayo.
Read MoreThis week, we’re featuring some favorite ideas for eggplant, including moussaka and homemade baba ganoush! There’s also grilled pork chops & okra with sweet corn polenta, za’atar sheepshead filets and blueberry overnight oat & chia pancakes!
Read MoreA weekly roundup of what’s coming our of our little kitchen at Local Cooling Farms featuring as many ingredients from our regional foodshed as possible! There’s roast beef with horseradish sauce, marinated beet salad, tempeh sushi bowls, maple tamarind goat ribs, coconut tomato farro and more!
Read MoreA weekly roundup of what’s coming our of our little kitchen at Local Cooling Farms featuring as many ingredients from our regional foodshed as possible! There’s caveman beef meatballs with eggplant and cherry tomatoes, homemade paneer korma and sea island pea dal, canestri pesto pasta with clams, sausage and sweet corn, baguette French toast and sweet potato brownies!
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