Living local in Eugene, OR
Posted in Vegetables - cool weather on Apr 22nd, 2009
It’s a bit of a contest each spring. My husband and I hover over the raised asparagus bed, searching for the first tip of the first asparagus to appear. The lucky person who makes the first sighting gets to troop back into the house triumphantly, announcing “Guess what I just saw!” I think it must [...]
Posted in Asian inspired, Vegetables - cool weather on Apr 21st, 2009
I discovered real bok choi after we joined a CSA 5 years ago. I say real bok choi because I am sure that I had eaten it overcooked in Chinese takeout before. If prepared right, it can be delightful. I especially enjoy the baby bok choi that is popping up in our spring markets right [...]
Posted in Salads, Vegetables - cool weather on Mar 16th, 2009
Inspired by the stir fried corn recipe posted last week on Culinaria Eugenius, I decided to work on our corn stash with this salad. To use local ingredients and what we had in our refrigerator, I adapted the recipe from Blue Ginger and substituted crab for lobster and leeks for fennel. I am sure any [...]
Posted in Meat, Vegetables - cool weather on Mar 12th, 2009
I am no stranger to porchetta. I grew up in Northeastern Pennsylvania where porchetta/porketta sandwiches can be had at most any deli. I always ordered mine with provolone and hot peppers on a hoagie roll. So good. Although the concept is similar, this porchetta is a bit more upscale than the more humble NE PA [...]
Posted in Grains & legumes, Salads, Vegetables - cool weather on Feb 11th, 2009
Whenever I think that it’s time to take a break from legumes, I see a recipe that I have to try. The most recent one was recently posted by Deb at Smitten Kitchen, who learned about it from Molly at Orangette, who found it in a cookbook. Phew! They each tweaked the recipe a little [...]
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Salads, Vegetables - cool weather on Feb 9th, 2009
We still have a month before the first day of spring, but this is the best description for something with peas in it. We brought this dish to a community potluck honoring our local farmers and it was gone before we made it through the line (sorry no photo of the final dish). I’ve made [...]
Posted in Grains & legumes, Vegetables - cool weather on Feb 6th, 2009
My very easy to please husband objected to soup this week. I can’t imagine why he is sick of soup - we have only eaten soup several times a week for the last three months. Determined to have a bean meal and keep marital harmony, I needed a non-soup recipe. Looking through the Heirloom Beans [...]
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 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 [...]
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Soups, Vegetables - cool weather on Dec 19th, 2008
I have never thought that borscht looked like a soup that I would like to eat, let alone make. But our visit to Belly changed my opinion of borscht. Brian ordered borscht for dinner and kindly let us all taste it and it was delicious. I think the color is what turned me off. Its [...]
