1/17/2021 – This was Mary’s first Broccoli Cheddar Soup and it was GREAT. She said the fresh Brocolli from the garden helped. This recipe was inspired by the one here. … Continue reading
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1/10/2021 Ingredients 1/2 lb. white navy beansham bones and 1.5 cups of ham chunks2 tablespoons olive oil1 small yellow onion, chopped (1 ½ cups)2 garlic cloves, finely chopped (1 Tbsp.)1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh rosemary¾ teaspoon kosher salt½ teaspoon black … Continue reading
12/17/2020 – Made this great traditional dish and enjoyed it very much. It was simple and completely “comfort food”. This recipe was inspired by Paula Dean’s Low Country Smothered Pork Chops. Ingredients 3 1-inch thick pork chopscayenne pepper flakes from … Continue reading
12/17/2020 – This soup was inspired by the recipe here. It was made with our fresh butternut squash, cabbage, green onions, and cilantro along with Mary’s homemade chicken broth. Half of the cooked veggies were emulsified so it had a … Continue reading
12/16/2020 – This is our first time to preserve our first Meyer Lemon harvest in a lemon-juice/salt brine. What we did was inspired by the recipe here. … Continue reading
12/6/2020 – We have too many red onions from the grocery store and some large daikons from the garden. A recipe here seemed good to use the onions. Made more onion pickling liquid than needed for the quart of onion … Continue reading
12/2/2020 – With the hard freezes coming we harvested on Nov. 30 all the pepperoncini peppers from Mary’s garden. We were surprised there were about 3 gallons in a 5-gallon bucket from the four bushes. Made the bent ones as … Continue reading
11/27/2020 – Mary made this with bok choy, green onions, and lemon from our garden. It was very good and one to repeat again. A little spicer and/or more ginger might be worth trying next time. This was inspired by … Continue reading
11/27/2020 – We have harvested our first heads of K-Y (Taiwanese) cabbage whose leaves were tender and not as stiff as standard store bought cabbage. Used two of them in our German kraut using the Excell spreadsheet ingredient calculator that … Continue reading
11/22/2020 – Our first attempt at making mirliton’s turned out great. Made them stuffed with shrimp as inspired by the Houmas House recipe here. Note we added a lot of spice to their recipe as theirs would have been too … Continue reading