Eating the Scenery

A very versatile salad is tabouli.  This one was made with ingredients on hand, including fresh radishes from the Pasco farmers' marke...

Because I'm usually the only cook around our house, I think constantly about faster ways to get things done in the kitchen and still end...

A couple of weeks ago, we found ourselves in Bend, Oregon.  At Ginger's Kitchen Shop, I was immediately drawn to their small but amazing...

You'd think the plethora of amazingly fresh local vegetables in summer, available at our area's FIVE weekly farmer's markets, w...

Our decision to go grain free means that vegetables play a huge role in our meals.  Many nights I open the fridge, toss vegetables out onto...

Traditionally known as "wilted lettuce," this tangy and deeply satisfying salad was commonly served back in the Day.  Generally sp...

This is a light, lemony, crunchy slaw that goes together quickly and compliments any meat (pulled pork comes to mind!) or sturdier casserole...

When all its ingredients are at the peak of fresh perfection, this salad is to swoon over. I do take it for granted that anyone reading thi...

There it was ... a basket of fresh tomatoes hiding around the skirts of the Schreiber and Sons booth at last Friday's market. My own to...

Even an eat-fresh-and-local fanatic like me can find more than one or two trips a week to one of our local farmers' markets a little wea...

After the basil-mint sorbet , I found myself looking for other ways to combine these two most summery herbs. I've been craving a gentl...

Perhaps you've noticed that slaw is pretty liberally scattered around this blog. The way I see it, the cruciferous and cole vegetables ...

Last Wednesday's asparagus curry, which I made up, was very good. But before deciding to make it, I considered an avocado that I had i...

I do love a sturdy salad. This one travels well, and if you take it to a potluck, you might as well take copies of the recipe with you. P...

The other day I was reading how plants in the cole family contain important nutrients for humans. As I looked over the list of coles, I w...

Today's e-mail from the farmer saying ANOTHER bonus box was coming tomorrow with TEN POUNDS of asparagus in it was all it took to send...

As tired as I was from a busy day today, the selection of greenery in today's box drew me inexorably to make this crunchy slaw from a Br...

Let true Spring begin ... asparagus has long been the herald of this new season, along with the first tender stalks of rhubarb. This salad ...

To my delight, I discovered the bag of CSA spinach from last week hiding in the back of the fridge. It was as fresh and beautiful as if it...

What I was going for here was that deeply satisfying texture and taste, both tangy and mellow, that evokes Bavaria and has you looking aroun...