Tomato-Radish Salad in Belgian Endive w/ Honey-Dijon Vinaigrette

While I await the first CSA box of the season, I am reduced to supermarket produce.  Once I went CSA, store bought produce just pales in comparison.  Until the CSA season starts, supermarket produce will have to suffice.
I had found some orange tomatoes and some radishes on sale at the store and decided to make an impromtu salad with [...]

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Potato and Ramps Soup

Look at these awesome ramps I got at HighCross Farm.  Aren’t they pretty?

I never had ramps before and had to look them up online.  They are a wild leek and have an onion/garlic flavor to them.  I read that they go well with eggs and potatoes.   I wasn’t in the mood for eggs, [...]

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Roasted Tomatoes and Shrimp w/ a Garlic Wine Sauce over Pasta

With the 2009 CSA season about to start, my mind has been racing thinking of what I can do with this season’s share.  HighCross Farm grows the most amazing cherry tomatoes ever.  I won’t see those until later in the summer so I had to suffice with store bought.
I like using the off-season time to experiment [...]

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Stuffed Zucchini

You can tell I’m geekin’ for the new CSA season to start.  June 4th can’t get here fast enough.  I have an inventory list in my mind of what might be in the boxes this year and have been trying to come up with different ways to use the produce I will be getting in [...]

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Spinach Fettuccini w/ a Roasted Garlic Alfredo Sauce

My daughter is going to help out at HighCross Farm this season.  This pleases me so.  When I went to pick her up this afternoon, Farmer Steve invited me to grab a bunch of  spinach that had come up on the farm.  Who am I to turn that down?!  Look how gorgeous it is.

This has [...]

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