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using up our CSA share: tomatoes
I really don’t think too many of us have trouble using up tomatoes, but, by this point in the season, I am looking for some different ways to eat them,…
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diy tomato cages
Along with the garden renovation, we also did some research on tomato staking to see if we should be using a better system. After lots of research, we settled on…
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chicken tortilla soup – revisited
I’ve made a few changes to my chicken tortilla soup recipe. I made it for friends and family a few times over the holidays, so I thought I would update…
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butternut squash and black bean chili
I don’t love butternut squash, but Grant and the kids do. I first made this take on chili back in October, and the family has requested it often for Meatless…
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Tomatoes!
Our garden, despite the drought, is really coming into full swing these days. With Maeve’s arrival, we were a little late getting things planted, which is why we’re just now…
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rotisserie chicken: tortilla soup
Another entry in our rotisserie chicken series. We usually save a soup of some sort to use up the last of the chicken. This chicken tortilla version is one of…
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“winter pico de gallo”
I have a problem: I go through a serious tomato withdrawal in the winter months. I wouldn’t think about eating the “tomatoes” in the stores right now, but I have…
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green tomatoes
We cleaned up the garden a few weeks ago. We chopped down all of the vegetable plants to the ground, so that their roots would decompose over the winter and…
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beans, carrots, celery, food, garlic, green beans, potatoes, soups, sweet corn, sweet potato, tomatoes, vegetarian, winter squash
“garbage” vegetable soup
Last week at the farmer’s market, I talked a farmer into selling me thirty pounds of “seconds” tomatoes. Seconds are tomatoes that the farmer can’t sell for full price because…
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Pruning tomatoes
Grant, Jasper and I spent the morning cleaning up the garden and spreading some of our cooked compost (that’s what I call it when it’s all finished breaking down and…