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Celery Leaves
Celery leaves have an intense celery flavor that is delicious and nutritious! Sage Mountain Farm is harvesting a crop of celery today that will be included in their Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm share boxes this week. However farmer Phil considers it a “crop fail”. Meaning that due to the cold weather, although they have an out-of-this-world…
Read MoreButternut Squash and Apple Bisque Soup
A savory, mouth-watering warm up that will make your skin glow!
Read MoreFarm Fresh Pork with Squash and Apple
Farm fresh pork with organic apples, squash and onion! Yum!
Read MoreSpicy Greens Salad
Making the simple most of my CSA with Heirloom Tomatoes, Candy Onion and Arugula Spicy Greens Salad Mix.
Read MoreGut Renewing Farm Fresh Stewed Tomatoes with Okra & Candy Onion
Who knew that okra could be so much fun!
Read MoreVegetable Soup
So, now that the weather is cooling down soup can be added to your menu planning rotation! That’s great for me because I love soup. On a cool crisp day, after being outside with your kids, or your animals, or even alone with nature it feels so satisfying to sit down to a steamy bowl…
Read MoreChopped Caprese
These Sungold Cherry Tomatoes, tucked inside my CSA box, were the inspiration for today’s post. I love little tiny tomatoes, and these ones deliver huge flavor in a vibrant, exciting color. One of the best ways to highlight the flavor and texture of a great tomato is a simple Caprese salad. Usually a larger tomato…
Read MoreSwimming Cucumbers
This is a family recipe for refrigerator pickles that, in my family, we like to call “swimming cucumbers”. It is simple and basic, but the tartness from the vinegar and the chilled cucumbery goodness are so refreshing in the heat of summer. I can remember eating these all the time when I was a kid,…
Read MoreSummer’s a-Comin’!
Sage Mountain Farm offers a beef and pork CSA.
Read MoreGreens Galore!
Hello Again, I liked the format of last week’s post so much that I decided to do the same thing this week as well. The title this week is greens galore, and that really is what Spring has brought us in our CSA boxes. Tons of nutritious dark leafy greens! I am pleased to say…
Read More9 Things to do with Citrus
Fresh fruit segments This one’s a no-brainer, really. Both grapefruits and oranges can lend a bright juicy flavor to any salad. With citrus in your salad you can avoid or reduce the amount of dressing that you would normally use and save yourself a few calories while you’re at it…bonus! Fresh juice Another no-brainer… Hey,…
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