Living local in Eugene, OR
Posted in Breakfast, Dark Days Challenge on Dec 17th, 2008
Baked eggs, or eggs en cocotte, are a new dish for us. For some reason, I avoided French egg dishes because I thought they would be overly complex or fussy. Nothing could farther from reality with eggs en cocotte. They also make an attractive presentation, so would be a great breakfast/brunch to serve to company. [...]
Posted in Dark Days Challenge on Dec 14th, 2008
A very exciting living local week indeed. We received our second order from Eugene Local Foods, went to a holiday party at a restaurant that features many local ingredients, made a yummy crab dip for our annual cookie decorating party, and I attended a class by the Master Food Preservers. What a week!
Posted in Appetizer - dips, Dark Days Challenge on Dec 14th, 2008
Another awesome recipe from my awesome sister-in-law, Amy. It is week 2 of dungeness crab season and I returned to Newman’s to pick up 2 crabs for this delicious recipe. Instead of shelling them by myself, I recruited Matt to help me after work on Friday. He is a champion crab sheller (see exhibit below). [...]
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Salads on Dec 10th, 2008
Unlike our President Elect, I love beets. And this is my all-time favorite beet recipe. I have tried others and always wish that I had just made this one. If you haven’t tried beets in years or only know beets from salad bars - this is your recipe.
The beets are roasted, which is the easiest, [...]
Posted in Dark Days Challenge on Dec 8th, 2008
Another week of enjoying the local bounty. Our goal this week was to use up as much of our Thanksgiving leftovers as possible. We only ended up throwing out a couple pieces of turkey and some mashed potatoes, which I consider a success.
Sunday, November 30
Tom Kha Turkey Soup
My attempt at using up some of the [...]
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Holidays, Soups on Dec 7th, 2008
This week marked the start of dungeness crab season. Growing up on the east coast, I had many a crab cake made with the Maryland blue crab. I had no idea what I was missing. This rendition of dungeness crab was no exception.
This recipe really lets the crab steal the show. Although it is a [...]
Posted in Casseroles, Dark Days Challenge, Holidays on Dec 1st, 2008
We always end up with leftovers from Thanksgiving and there are only so many times you can reheat leftovers as is. And we really don’t like wasting food, so we’ve developed some creative ways to use up our leftovers - shepherd’s pie and tom kha turkey (a variation of tom kha gai, the broth, coconut [...]
Posted in Dark Days Challenge on Dec 1st, 2008
Another week of many local meals and a day to give thanks for all of the bounty! Here is a recap of our week.
Sunday, November 23
Alsatian seared duck breasts with black truffle butter sauce, cabbage slaw, and sauteed potato salad
Matt proclaims that this is the best duck he has ever had. We shared the meal [...]
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Holidays, Vegetables - cool weather on Nov 29th, 2008
We have a tradition of gathering in Sunriver, OR for Thanksgiving with about 10-12 friends that are also Oregon transplants. This is my 10th Sunriver Thanksgiving and Matt’s 12th. We rent a big house that fits all of us and everyone pitches in with some part of the meal either by making a dish or [...]
Posted in Casseroles, Dark Days Challenge, Holidays on Nov 26th, 2008
I think I have always loved pumpkins. They say fall better than anything and I love fall. My grandma made delicious pumpkin pie (something I have never been able to figure out) and my sister Ally makes the most amazing pumpkin bread. (Was than an obvious hint?) Our CSA has an annual farm tour before [...]
