Recipe Types: Soup Quick easy way to use the squash in the fridge! Plus its healthy and delicious!Ingredients 2 tablespoons olive oil 1½ pounds zucchini, crookneck or pattypan squash, roughly chopped 1 large onion, chopped or two little red onions (tropea red onions — Roots Down grows them every year) 1 large leek, chopped 6 cups…
Recipe Types: Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Main Dish, Soup Ingredients 1 cup long-grain rice 1 lb beef 1.5 cups sweet peppers, chopped 1 small onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, chopped coarsley 1 small cayenne or other hot pepper ⅛ cup packed brown sugar 6 cups vegetable broth 1 can (28 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained 1 tsp thyme 1 tsp…
Recipe Types: Appetizer, Main Dish, Side Dish, Soup Ingredients 2 tbsps butter or oil 1 small yellow onion, medium-diced 1 lb peeled Jerusalem artichokes or other root vegetable, medium-diced 4 cups water or low-sodium chicken broth 1 bunch watercress, sorrel, Red Russian kale, or nettles, washed and chopped Salt and pepper ½ cup heavy cream (optional) Instructions Heat butter…
Recipe Types: Gluten Free, Main Dish Ingredients 5 medium potatoes 3 tbsp butter 1 egg ¼ cup milk 1 tsp salt 1 lb beef 1 onion 1 bulb of garlic 1 cup carrot, diced 2 tbsp soy sauce ½ cup frozen corn ½ cup frozen green beans 2 tbsp ketchup 2 tsp salt 1 tsp pepper 1…
Handle zucchini with care as they are easily damaged. Look for a moist stem end and a slightly prickly, yet shiny skin as indicators of freshness. Ideally, green zucchini should be no more than 6 inches long and one to two inches in diameter, with firm skin free of cuts or bruises and at least…
Recipe Types: Salad, Side Dish, Vegetarian Ingredients 1 bunch kale 2 Tbs Soy sauce 2 Tbs Sesame oil 1 clove garlic 2 teaspoons honey 1 tsp cider vinegar sesame seeds or sticks (optional) Instructions Chop kale stems and leaves and saute or steam until tender and then drain the kale by colander pressing out the excess liquid Add…
Recipe Types: Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Main Dish, Vegan, Vegetarian Ingredients 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 onion, thinly sliced 4 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced 1 small bay leaf 1 medium eggplant, cut into ½-inch pieces (about 3 cups) 1 small zucchini, halved lengthwise and cut into thin slices 2 sweet peppers, cut into slivers 3 tomatoes, coarsely chopped (about…
It can be both the fruit and the plant of a vine-like (scrambler and trailer) plant originally from southern Africa, and is one of the most common types of melon. This flowering plant produces a special type of fruit known by botanists as a pepo, a berry which has a thick rind (exocarp) and fleshy…
Recipe Types: Main Dish, Vegetarian This quick, tasty dish features broccoli raab, an Italian favorite. Although it looks similar to regular broccoli, it is unrelated and tastes quite different–slightly bitter, with a little “bite” which pairs perfectly with garlic and grated cheese.Ingredients 8 ounces pasta, any short kind 1 pound broccoli raab 10 cloves garlic, thinly sliced…
Seasonal eaters and gardeners alike wait impatiently, for the first ripe tomato of the season–nothing tastes like a fresh garden tomato! Thousands of varieties of tomatoes are known, and hundreds actually cultivated. The commercial tomato industry tends to utilize newer hybrids genetically selected for traits like spherical shape, thick skin and slow ripening (for picking…