Posted in Food, Pasta, Recipes, Vegetables, Vegetarian, dinner on August 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Things came to a head last weekend - we had bags and bags of tomatoes and peppers, starting to lose firmness. It was clear that drastic steps needed to be taken. I made this sauce in a couple of steps, so I’ve written it up as such. You’re welcome to do the marathon pasta sauce [...]
Posted in Baking, Dessert, Food, San Diego, ocean beach on August 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
How excited am I for Labor Day?
Posted in Food Not Lawns, Gardening, Outdoors, Vegetables, garden on August 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Before this season, I didn’t know what suckers were on plants, and now I’m obsessed with searching for them. As the tomato plants grow, they produce side stems or suckers which, if left alone, will grow just like the main stem. They’re the shoots which grow directly in the angle of two other shoots, cutting [...]
Posted in Food, Gardening, Recipes, Summer, Vegetables, Vegetarian, dinner, garden on August 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This and bowls like it have been the impetus for me getting back in the kitchen:
It’s a little hazy, but you can see that the tomatoes, peppers, squash and eggplant are coming at us en masse. Somebody better cook ‘em up! Our meal last night used up just two of our wonderfully fresh ingredients - a [...]
Posted in Food, Recipes, Vegetables, Vegetarian on August 15, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I’m stuck, people. I’m such a fall vegetable person - butternut squash makes me swoon and roasted anything makes my heart go pitter patter. So, I really shouldn’t have any trouble using up all this farm share kale! What’s the problem?
Well, the problem is that it feels like 189° in my cottage, and warm comfort foods [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It’s not that nothing’s going on - we’re landscaping and gardening our hearts out… when we’re home. It’s been a pretty busy few weeks here, which means lots of phò dinners out, coffee mugs piling in the sink, and laundry reaching the ceiling. Yikes.
One of our “relaxing” moments came with this found chiminea - so excited [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 6, 2007 | No Comments »
Three of my favorite things - fresh, delicious, and supereasycheapfast (okay, so maybe there are more than three great things about this dish). This salad incorporates all the crisp summer garden tastes - if you’ve taken over the yard like we have, just head outside and pick some tomatoes and basil and get to quick [...]
