When 5:56am feels like sleeping in, then you know you’ve been working hard for the money. Not long after our newest alarm kitty sounded off this morning (thanks Mister!), my stomach started grumbling for breakfast. Since I had a red potato trying to take root in my pepper basket, fresh made restaurant style salsa in…
Tag: potatoes
Second Wind
April 4, 2018, the last day I clicked “Publish”. Nearly a year has passed since my last blog entry, and as I sit at my desk, with my clammy tiptoes pressed against our bamboo floors, trying to balance the black, slightly under inflated yoga ball, that’s indifferently bending and rolling beneath me, I ignore the…
Grilled Steak, BBQ Wax Beans, Spicy Brown Mustard and Rosemary Potato Skewers, Twice Grilled Corn
Along with tomatoes, I also received organic wax beans and baby potatoes in my work share this week. Since it’s Labor Day weekend (any excuse to cook outdoors), I fired up the grill and turned out some really amazing food, if I do say so myself. Unfortunately, the steak wasn’t around long enough for me…
Potato Chickpea Curry, Tomato Chutney, Basmati Rice
Back in April I helped plant potatoes at Fair Weather Farm at Fairhill along with Nancy, the farm’s owner and a couple of other guys also participating in Fair Weather’s work share program. The past several weeks, I’ve also spent several hours plucking potato beetles off the plants. It’s really hard work but I am…
Roast Chicken & Potatoes, Country Gravy
The year and a half it took us to sell our house I didn’t do a whole lot of cooking. The most difficult issue I deal with when relocating is not having my own space to cook in. Cooking is extremely personal and an intimate experience for me and so to be without my island,…
Smoke & Charm Farm 