Novice preserves from a Brooklyn kitchen
What I've been up to this past week [clockwise from top left]: fresh raspberries in chia seed puddingvoting absentee (local elections are still really important, even when courts overrule the people)too many hot days are really taking a toll on my porch gardensummer staple pasta saladtomatoes I grew!
[swiss chard, dill, sugar snap peas, red leaf lettuce, raspberries, strawberries, lavender] A light week, but not a problem. I need to get back in the groove of shopping and meal planning around the CSA. The lettuce is filling out the caesar from yesterday, the fruits are for snacking, the dill is for pickling, and… Continue reading CSA Week 3
A brief montage of the past week, in photos. [From top]: shelled black beans, that J made into chilipink peonies (it's another favorite season of mine)a snack of last week's pickled asparagus, beets, and radishes, yum!diced rhubarb, ready for crumble (this recipe halved because I didn't have blackberries)rhubarb crumble, ready for eatingvegan chickpea caesar with… Continue reading Weekly roundup
[strawberries, lettuce, sorrel, garlic scapes, asparagus, onions] Nice and simple this week. I'm thinking a salad, a side, and a quiche, plus some strawberry snacking for J. Plus the beans from last week which are soaking, and the rhubarb, which I think will become a trusty crumble.
[chopped onions] My white whale! A thing I have always wanted to cook since going vegan forever ago, but never have purely out of fear of difficulty + fucking it up (same with kneaded bread, which I did fuck up and haven't tried again). Not to mention fear of being immobilized by onion fumes. [caramelized… Continue reading French onion soup + canning
[curly cress, asparagus, braeburn apples, black beans, rhubarb, onions, lettuce] The CSA is already off to a great start. So much rhubarb! And black beans, which I don't think I made last year because I let them go bad. What an ideal mix of late spring produce. I've already got a few ideas for this… Continue reading CSA Week 1 Year 2
[3 rhubarb] Rhubarb has started showing up in farmers markets and grocery stores. I grabbed a few stalks last week, without any real plans (and still 4 jars of rhubarb jam from last year). The (extremely hot) weekend came and went, and still I wasn't sure what I wanted to make with them. By Monday,… Continue reading Rhubarb Season 2.0
[chopped up ramps] Ramps are back! I got some from the store, because I just missed out on the farmer's market debut, and maybe waited a touch too long to cook with them (more than a few had gotten too slimy to use). They came without the root bulbs attached, which I believe is the… Continue reading Ramps!
[an empty pie plate, because my finished pie looked awful!] Happy pi day! I still have a quart of apple pie filling hanging out, so today seemed like the perfect day to make use of it. I added some cornstarch, more sugar (I don't have ice cream and the last batch wasn't particularly sweet), and… Continue reading Apple pi day + an assessment
[bowl o' quince] I picked up some quince on sale at the store. They were from a nearby orchard, but were probably too late in the season, and were already going bad (hence the sale) when I opened the bag a few days later. I hadn't cooked with quince before, and was disappointed that there… Continue reading Quince preserves in syrup
Rhubarb Season 