by Toni | Oct 24, 2020 | Farmer's Market, Let's Eat, Vegetables
Everybody knows by now that I love fall and winter squash—just about any kind, from pumpkins (that are food not decorations) to butternuts. And by far, my favorite is delicata, which until recently could only be gotten at the farmers markets. The grocery stores are so...
by Toni | Jul 29, 2020 | Farmer's Market, Let's Eat, Live Green, Vegetables
If you keep up with this blog, you’ve learned by now that I am the veggie lover and my husband Don is the meat lover. We do cross paths on occasion—I am a strong believer in quality bone broth as part of my healthy winter regime, and Don eats (for the most part and...
by Toni | Jun 19, 2020 | Farmer's Market, Let's Eat, Vegetables
Carrots are, perhaps, one of the most familiar and popular of vegetables. Maybe the first veggie you ever ate—I do recall carrot sticks with cheese whiz….oh my. But carrots can be sort of scarce at farmers markets. You can find them, to be sure, but carrots take...
by Toni | Apr 29, 2020 | Let's Eat, Live Green, Vegetables
April may be the cruelest month according to poet T.S. Eliot, but for Don, it’s a food fiesta. Every April, we clean out the deep freeze, defrost and scrub it, getting it ready for the new market season ahead. Everything’s gotta go. Nothing is wasted, and for Don it’s...
by Toni | Feb 29, 2020 | Come Home, Let's Eat, Vegetables
Don and I have only made one brief trip to the fabled French Quarter, but we loved the history, the cultures and the food…especially that Cajun and Creole cooking! The Louisiana city simmers with beauty and sizzles with passion. The traditional dishes are...
by Toni | Dec 30, 2019 | Let's Eat, Live Green, Vegetables
The Impossible Burger. It is said to be “the one that bleeds,” a plant-based burger made from “plant meat” (Read: GMO soybean root heme—and doesn’t that sound appetizing.). Finding its way from high-end restaurants to fast food chains to grocery store shelves, this...
