Revealing where our food comes from
Having healthy snacks available in the fridge makes eating healthy so much easier. By preparing healthy snacks ahead of time and having them ready to go, your options in the fridge become easily accessible. I love to turn vegetables into snack food and sweet potato hummus is my healthy snack food of the fall season….
But way better than what you can buy. Masala Chai is one of my favorite beverages to drink in the winter. It’s like a hug from my imaginary Indian grandmother. It’s why pumpkin pie flavor is so popular. We don’t genuinely care about pumpkin. We love the spices, sugar, and cream that become masala chai….
A year and a half ago, we had a large celery crop. I even put together a cream of celery soup recipe to help everyone use the bounty. There is a reason that someone decided to can the stuff. It’s a great soup when made fresh. I saved one plant because I wanted the seeds,…
Thanksgiving tips for smaller gatherings. As a cook, I love Thanksgiving. As a chef, I love that people still cook on Thanksgiving so that chefs can be home with their families. I love that the stores are packed with people that will go home and make their favorite dish for their family. I tell people…
During one of my first cooking experiences, I remember looking at the back of a taco seasoning packet and realizing that I already owned the spices it contained. And I didn’t know the purpose of the other ingredients. The packet only cost a dollar, but I understood right away that I didn’t need it. I…
Utilize these two methods to use up vegetables from the garden. At the farm, we would host an open house each fall and make two vegetable soups straight from the farm. Served with salad and bread, it was the most effortless catering event I have ever seen. The members that visited the farm raved about…
Tomorrow the weather is going to change here in California. We expect the temps to drop down to freezing at the garden on Sunday and Monday nights, so the first thing that I helped with today was to put up some row cover over our green bean plants. They are full of flowers, and I…
Just like people, vegetables come in all different shapes and sizes. The grocery store doesn’t allow us to appreciate this variation. Everything needs to be the same size and weight for consistency when pricing. When you grow vegetables or buy them from a small farm, you inevitably end up with an assortment of items that…