by Toni | Jun 20, 2018 | Farmer's Market, Green Decisions, Let's Eat, Live Green, Vegetables
This dish really did begin with a clear-out-the-frig mission, and it wound up tasting so good, I just decided to include it on the blog. It resembles a previous breakfast recipe that also uses quinoa called Quinoa Breakfast Bowls, but the current version is meant to...
by Toni | Jun 20, 2018 | Come Home, Farmer's Market, Green Decisions, Let's Eat
The idea for this flexible summer salad has a couple of inspirations. For one thing, the ingredients are primarily local to the Midwest and are available throughout late spring to early fall, more or less. For another thing, the preparation of the beets—the idea of...
by Toni | May 22, 2018 | Come Home, Farmer's Market, Green Decisions, Live Green
The Land of Goshen Community Market—my farmers market—has been open two weekends already! Even though we’ve been lucky enough to have that once-a-month winter market during the off season, nothing beats hopping on my bike and riding “home” to the real deal. I smiled...
by Toni | May 22, 2018 | Be Simple, Farmer's Market, Healthy Treats, Vegetables
I will be the first to admit that I can get carried away in the kitchen—recipes with a thousand ingredients, multiple steps and endless preparation. It’s what I like to do, I guess. But I know that it isn’t for everyone… just like professional sports are not for me....
by Toni | Apr 20, 2018 | Come Home, Everyday Enchantments, Farmer's Market, Live Green
there was a man who took his wife and young children to live on a small farm. One day this man bought a dog, a beautiful black and white dog. “Fine,” said his wife, “but the dog is another mouth to feed. We will need more than a dog to make it day to day.” So the man...
by Toni | Dec 18, 2017 | Farmer's Market, Let's Eat, Vegetables
Yeah, it’s me again—the pumpkin police. Every fall I keep a continual watch over the activities on my neighbors’ porches. They all put out pumpkins around Halloween, but those glorious orbs of orange, blue, white and pink probably never make it back into their...
