Month: January 2010
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spiced sweet potato soup
Last week we got some beautiful sweet potatoes in our Farmhouse Delivery bushel, and I decided to use them in a soup. I found an interesting recipe for a pumpkin soup in Nigel Slater’s The Kitchen Diaries (my favorite book EVER, by the way), and swapped out sweet potatoes for the pumpkin. It’s such a…
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music and film
I am completely in love with La Blogotheque. I’ve seen a few of their videos before, but I think I’ll spend the rest of the day browsing their archives, listening to awesome music that has been produced in amazing locations, with raw, beautiful film footage. Each show is called a “Take Away Show,” and they’re…
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And veggies, and veggies, and veggies…
So last night’s soup was just as delicious, if not even more so, today at lunch. Justin even happily ate it again! And he usually does NOT like leftovers. Thankfully, the greens kept their firm bite, and the flavors melded together but didn’t get lost in each other. I changed up my cooking plans for…
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Mmmm, veggies.
We got our Farmhouse Delivery bushel today! Lots and lots of gorgeous produce. This week’s bushel included: A jar of lemon-zucchini marmalade (I can’t wait to try this tomorrow morning on toast), collard greens, spinach, romaine lettuce, cilantro, turnips, avocados, broccoli, carrots, sweet potatoes, green garlic, key limes, and one random citrus fruit (orange? not…
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Weekly menu
Okay, so I’ve made our dinner plans for the week, based on the produce we expect to get in our Farmhouse Delivery bushel on Tuesday. Nicole says it helps to post your weekly menu, so you’re more likely to stick to it. Sounds like a plan. Tuesday: Caldo Gallego, salad, bread Wednesday: Sweet Potato Soup…