Use local raw honey and sweet local carrots for this scrumptious side dish! Bonus: For added color, use rainbow carrots when available! Print Honey Glazed Carrots Recipe type: Side dish Ingredients 2 bunches carrots (about 1 ½ pounds) ⅓ cup…
Some traditions are more traditional than others. For me, one food pairing that brings back good memories is eating soft pretzels with mulled apple cider. It might sound like an unusual combination, but since I spent several Christmas seasons living…
I’m already planning ahead for January. The tough thing about January when the holidays are over, is that we don’t leave the house much. Why, though? Yes, it’s cold, that’s one reason. Yes, the snow, that’s another reason. But the…
During 2020—(Remember that year??)—we all learned to make sourdough bread. We cultivated our starter. We hoarded our flour when we could, given the shortages. We weighed or measured our recipe ingredients. We mixed and waited and folded and covered our…
Late summer ushers on the time of year when neighbors begin late night covert missions to unload the excess from their gardens onto their neighbors porches. Tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, handfuls of herbs, and for those lucky few, melons! Melons have…
Smoothies are a perfect filling side for any time of day, but in my family they are especially great as an afternoon snack. My kids will pretty much always eat fruit, which is great! Sometimes though I want them to…
Wild-growing and locally foraged, fiddleheads are the tightly coiled tops of young ferns as they emerge from the ground in the spring. Their season is VERY short, so get them while you can! Best enjoyed as a small side dish,…
Nothing against salad. It’s just that when thinking of a veggie side, it’s often the first thing that comes to mind, and sometimes breaking out of the routine is just what you need to get inspired to eat more veggies.…
When Thanksgiving rolls around, it seems that your kitchen can just never be big enough for all the meal prep that needs to happen. Every countertop is filled with appetizers or desserts waiting to be eaten. As the hot foods…
This comes from the recipe book of our chef Chuck Smith. Just in case you were looking for yet another way to use all that summer zucchini! Try them dipped in ketchup or ranch dressing.
Last summer, a friend brought an amazing cucumber, chickpea and heirloom tomato salad to a barbecue picnic. I asked for the recipe and she said she never really follows one – she just throws together a few simple ingredients and…
When I visit my parents during the summer, no meal is complete without corn on the cob. Preparing it is a chance to sit and catch up with siblings or other relatives as we wrench the husks off the corn…
This sweet-tangy coleslaw uses greek yogurt and honey! The cilantro and lime add a nice kick. Use a mandolin or food processor for easy shredding of the vegetables. Makes about 4 cups.
“I started making these with our own homegrown tomatoes I chose a remoulade sauce that was simple enough not to be a deterrent to making the dish. Everyone loves this dish.” – Andi Wolff
With the exception of one favorite coffee mug, the entire contents of my kitchen have been in storage for the past year while my husband and I have been living with his parents. Soon, I hope, I will get to…
This gratin can be assembled up to 2 days in advance of baking. Using a mandolin gives you thin, even slices.
8 Apples (medium/large) ½ cup (or more) Fresh Apple Cider Sugar (to taste) ½ Tsp. Cinnamon (if desired) Choosing your apples: You can use any kind of apples that you like to make applesauce. Apples that are sweet/tart (like Stayman…
This is a very basic way of cooking fresh spinach. The garlic adds some interest (not to mention MORE health benefits!) and the salt just helps to bring out the flavors. Serve as a side dish, or over pasta or…
Makes a wonderful Thanksgiving or Christmas side dish!
Fresh asparagus and soft red potatoes are roasted to perfection with fresh herbs and garlic.
Let’s go back a generation or two (or three), and all sit around a bucket and shell some lima beans. Make this recipe with 100% local veggies!
Make the most of locally grown cold-hardy produce with this delicious twist on a roasted vegetable recipe!
Fall brings us a bunch of different choices! Butternut, Acorn, Delicata, Red Kuri, and Carnival are ALL delicious, and this recipe puts them to good use.
Combine these simple ingredients for an easy, delightful winter meal or side!
Perfectly crisp pan-fried potatoes with just the right blend of herbs.
Roasting Beets preserves their color, flavor, and nutrition much better than boiling. It also makes peeling them a breeze!
This is a very versatile recipe. The veggies and the herbs can be changed to suit your taste, but after a lot of trial and error I find this exact combination to be outstanding! You can use any color quinoa,…
As a child of the 1980’s, I have been familiar with cabbage from a young age. After all, as a three-year-old, what did I want more than a Cabbage Patch Kid? My great-aunt Lynne, a professional ballet dancer…
I keep a mental map with pins that mark favorite restaurants. The Collegeville, PA deli where I first introduced my husband to Philly-style hoagies. The ice cream stand by Lake Wallenpaupack that churns the creamiest ice cream this side of…
Last week my husband David offered to do the grocery shopping for us, not knowing that I had tasked him with finding sweet potatoes – not yams, sweet potatoes. He was up for the challenge of doing this (in a…
I don’t remember liking sweet potatoes until one year when I was in middle school. Middle school is all about reinventing yourself, right? It’s about wearing layers of friendship bracelets, trying on your friends’ glasses to see how you look…
Preparing a holiday meal is joyous and generous. With good music playing, spicy aromas filling the room, and friends or family members playing sous-chef and line cooks, the preparations are often as much fun as the meal itself. That fun…
As the dairy manager of Wholesome Dairy Farms in Yellow House, Berks County, Rebecca Seidel handles most of the food production at the raw milk operation, and having grown up on a farm, knows how to appreciate sweet corn in…
