Living local in Eugene, OR
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Garden, Grains & legumes, Salads, Vegetables - cool weather on Jan 31st, 2009
Its been a relatively quiet blog week for us so I wanted to finish the week with something really good. It was supposed to serve 4 but we ate almost all of it for one dinner. I didn’t even give Matt a chance for the leftovers.
It is another recipe from Heirloom Beans, which I continue [...]
Posted in Bread, Weekly bread on Jan 26th, 2009
This is my first attempt at making kneaded bread and the first post of a somewhat regular (weekly-ish) bread baking project I have decided to work on. The project came about when I realized how little I know about grains, despite my passion for locally grown beans and grains. I have made the infamous no-knead [...]
Posted in Desserts on Jan 25th, 2009
I know… black bean brownies - what the heck? But they are really, really good. Matt proclaims they are the best brownies he has ever had - not too fudgy, but not cake-like either. I agree with his assessment. With all of our recent bean meals, I was looking for something a little different than [...]
Posted in Soups on Jan 22nd, 2009
I got my copy of the newly released cookbook, Eating Close to Home, in the mail over the weekend and was eager to try a recipe. I spotted this recipe for salmon and corn chowder right away because it had corn, which we have a lot of. It also fits in perfectly with the [...]
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Grains & legumes on Jan 20th, 2009
We kicked off our new President’s inauguration with oven fried buttermilk chicken thighs, roasted sunchokes, and farro with spinach. Part of the Dark Days Challenge is to try a new vegetable in January. We finally got around to adding something new to the mix with the sunchokes (also called Jerusalem artichokes) that I purchased at [...]
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Grains & legumes, Soups on Jan 19th, 2009
Somehow we managed to accumulate about 3 pounds of local black turtle beans and the freezer is still ejecting random bags of frozen corn or green beans whenever I open it, so the quest of using our local food stash continues.
I had this recipe from Smitten Kitchen marked in my favorites since the fall when [...]
Posted in Preserves on Jan 16th, 2009
I ran across this recipe for cranberry ketchup in Blue Ribbon Preserves when I first made homemade ketchup last summer. I was waiting to get our hands on some local cranberries to make it and we finally found some on our recent trip to Bandon. I only made enough to fill two jelly jars to [...]
Posted in Grains & legumes, Soups on Jan 14th, 2009
Chili seems like it should be such an easy dish, but it took me years to find a recipe that I would make over and over again. Although chili purists would be aghast, I include beans and corn in my chili. This recipe also includes chipotle chiles in adobo, which add a smoky, spicy (but [...]
Posted in Portland on Jan 12th, 2009
Our weekend trip to Portland was successful on all accounts. In addition to picking up our beans at the Hillsdale Farmer’s Market, we also spent time with some of our closest friends, picked up a Harsch crock at the Mirador Community Store, and ate dinner at The Country Cat. The Country Cat was a recommendation [...]
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Markets & farms, Portland, Soups, Vegetables - cool weather on Jan 11th, 2009
We made our first winter squash soup of the year with the Sibley Squash that I picked up at the Hillsdale Farmer’s Market this morning . Our main purpose of going to the Hillsdale Farmer’s Market was to procure some Ayers Creek Farm heirloom beans but I couldn’t resist when I saw this beautiful squash [...]
