I made it two days ago, and we’ve all but devoured the whole loaf. I may have mentioned, but right now we are in possession of a whole mess of zucchini. We had five to begin with. Three of them remain – the first one became zucchini tostadas and the second one became this bread. […]
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Weekend Refreshing Beverage: Homemade Horchata
Going to a party this weekend? Is it outdoors by chance? Then this is what I suggest bringing, because that is exactly what we did last weekend: make some horchata at home. Horchata is a cool, refreshing Mexican beverage made of milk (or rice milk), cinnamon, rice and sugar. Not whole rice grains — calm […]
A Delicious and Seasonal Dinner: Zucchini and Roasted Corn Tostadas
At our house, “taco night” is more like a creative Mexican night: sometimes there’s homemade refried beans with chorizo (ooh, I should post about that…), sometimes there’s pan-fried fish and mango salsa (more ideas to post about…) … and this time, there’s fresh zucchini and sweet corn from our CSA. Yes. First, let’s toast that […]
Delicious Dinner Salad, Brought to You By This Week’s CSA
Sometimes there’s nothing better than a pile of farm-fresh veggies and cheese. This Sunday night Dave and I finished running a few errands and decided that we wanted something really fresh for dinner. We ended up making a Cobb-ish creation, starring all kinds of fresh produce from our weekly CSA box. Here’s what we used: […]
A Simple, Sweet Blueberry Tart
It’s getting to be midsummer, and that means that berries and fruit are everywhere. We bought several pounds of blueberries a while back, and they have gone into muffins, dressed up glasses of Prosecco, topped our crepes from last weekend, and now it’s time to finish them off with a blueberry tart. This recipe is […]
Weekend Brunch: Homemade Vanilla Granola
You haven’t had granola until you’ve had homemade. The texture is totally different than something that’s been on a store shelf for who-knows-how-long, and it’s easy and cheap enough to make a large batch every weekend and keep some on hand after the weekend for a healthy breakfast or easy snack. It’s also a great […]