Caregiving from my kitchen
All right – I know many of you have been eating strawberries for months by now. But here in the Northeast, June-bearing strawberries do, in fact, bear fruit in June. And this has been a cool spring, so they are a little late. But, oh, …
One of the things I love about farmer’s markets and CSAs is getting vegetables I just don’t see at a supermarket. One of these is Lamb’s Quarters. It is sometimes called wild spinach – though that’s not quite accurate. It does grow wild, though – …
Not your mama’s casserole… not a can of soup or crushed potato chip in sight! This is inspired by a crustless quiche I’ve made for years, but I added grain, and it’s in a gratin pan, so – not a quiche… and not really a …
As I said, now, at the end of May, we are finally seeing Spring vegetables! I went to Greenmarket last week, and brought home baby chard, and scallions, and radishes – and asparagus. Asparagus is such a treat – a delicacy that comes in early, …
It’s spinach season… That lovely dark green vegetable actually requires cool weather, so it is always one of the first vegetables to reach the market. (Though it’s in the 80s today… when we finally got warm, we went straight for summer!)