Category | Fall CSA

  Here are the pictures of the sweet potato pie I promised. In this box you will find lettuce, braising greens, scallions, and sweet potatoes. Remember, the "best" thing to do with braising greens is saute them in butter. As one friend said, they are similar to sauteed spinach but with a more complex flavor. May the peace of God transcend in you above the hecticness of this season. Thank  you everyone.  ...

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The start of a new month; I appreciate any excuse for a fresh start. In today's box you will find, multicolored sweet potatoes--red, white, and blue. Although, as an artist, I must say that whichever botanist or horticulturist picked vegetable colors must have been color blind.  "Usual" sweet potatoes are orange and the "blue" look purple to me. Just like red cabbage and onions, they look purple to me also. But I digress, the rest of the box is fairly green; collards, kale, "spring" onions, and lettuce. And, oh is the lettuce lovely. If you enjoy raw onions as I do, then slice those long little...

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Our first "pork harvest" is in! We have been fattening 6 pigs on veggie scraps and whatever they scrounged out of the woods surrounding our pasture (as well as a non-antibiotic feed) since April. So in keeping with tradition, now that the weather is cool (at least it is supposed to be cool), it was time for "hog killing." "The cute little pigs" going to  market was more difficult for our children than the usual cow or chicken has been in the past, but they weren't little or cute anymore, and we all agree, the sausage is delicious. We have mild and hot breakfast sausages, sweet and hot Italian...

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    Aahhh, recipes. Concoctions of deliciousness from my table to yours...Hmmm, if only it were that easy. I am not sure that I am really a good recipe conveyor, but I do love good food, and when my kids are playing happily elsewhere, I like to cook it too! I have begun reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, and as someone whose living comes from the land so to speak I appreciate her words very much. It is entertaining as well as informational.  If you don't agree with all of her opinions, you will still find more of experiential wisdom, farm-table...

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For my first official post in the recipes category I want to share my favorite recipe.  This is a meal that my WHOLE family loves, it is simple, versatile and highly stretchable (you can feed 4 or 14 with it). (Fall CSAers read on for Kholrabi recipes) So, without further ado, I give  you: SAUSAGE SOUP Ingredients: Hot or sweet Italian sausage (I use ground hot, not links) chopped onions fresh or canned tomatoes depending on the season Kale, spinach, collards, kholrabi greens, turnip greens, swiss chard, or any combination of the said greens Brown or white rice (I prefer...

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