Recipes with products from a dairy – whether a dairy with cows or goats, pasteurized or unpasteurized
Tools:1 bowl1 teaspoon or soup spoon size spoon for spooning potato out of the potato skins1 cutting board and a knife1 8×8 baking dish1 cast iron frying pan, and a cast iron lid from a pot that more or less covers the frying pan1 potato … Continue readingTWICE BAKED MAINE POTATOES with Roasted Fennel, Squash, and Monteray Jack cheese.
About two days ago now my mother made some peanut butter cookies. My dog looked overjoyed. I realized that she thought they were for her. As that was not so, I endeavored to make some COOKIES for her WHILE THE OVEN WAS STILL AT 350 … Continue readingyam YUM MUFFIN-COOKIE for dogs and their humans too
Autumn is a great time to make lasagna – the colors of the lasagna are reminiscent of the colors of the autumn leaves, lasagna warms body and soul, and an oven warms a home. Ground beef is optional for this dish, but is included in … Continue readingLASAGNA
Flowering Oregano tops from the garden are great with chicken. Not much food has grown in our garden this year, but we’ve had some success with oregano despite or because of some oak seedlings (which during a time of little rain, shaded the oregano at … Continue readingORANGE ONION CHICKEN
The rhubarb and the strawberries in the images and recipe that follow, came from the grocery store, where they often appear on shelves soon after the snow melts. Its past the beginning of rhubarb season now also – though still available at farms locally that … Continue readingA RHUBARB CAKE-CRISP – fresh rhubarb baked with a cake mix.
If making egg yolk based food, like a bread pudding, or are using egg yolks for egg tempera paintings, there are egg whites to cook with. Whipped egg whites help make meringues, and angel food cake, light and delicious. Or use them, unwhipped, for a … Continue readingFRUIT, VEGETABLE, OATMEAL, WHEAT, AND EGGWHITE BARS
Now that plants are starting to gain some height in the fields and woods, nettles might be found in a local market – and here is a recipe to use a smaller amount of nettles. TOOLS: Tongs to handle nettles without checking the lay of … Continue readingNETTLE OMELET WITH CHEDDAR CHEESE, DICED TOMATOES, AND MUSHROOMS.
It is almost rhubarb time – it is in grocery stores already, a bit ahead of the season here – a sign of spring and the growing season ahead. TOOLS:Several large MIXING BOWLS, (a large CUTTING BOARD or clean surface to roll out a crust … Continue readingA SPRING STRAWBERRY RHUBARB PIE (WITH OPTIONAL UNFLAVORED GELATIN)