E is for Eats

For the second week in a row, we've been well behaved and stuck to our plan. This may just be a record. Meal 1 - Carrot and cilantro soup, pickled pepper and goat cheese sandwiches We had a bunch of cilantro on hand and I had soup on my mind. A quick internet search pulled up this link to a recipe from Alice Waters. This soup was a-m-a-z-i-n-g! In fact, the next day I went online and bought Chez Panisse Vegetables.  It's a beautiful book and I really like her style of writing. I don't yet have any additional dishes planned, but you'll be the first to know when I do. Meal 2 - Roasted cabbage and bacon with couscous This is one of my favorite winter dishes - it seems decadent yet healthy and comforting all at the same time. And it's pretty quick and inexpensive for a mid-week meal. I'll be posting the recipe later this week. Meal 3 - Greens with Italian turkey sausage and green salad About half of the farmers at our market are gone for the winter, but t...

For the first 7 years of our marriage, I was constantly pestering Craig to go apple picking. He always said he wanted to go, but somehow we never made it. Finally, he gave in last year and we went to Dressel farms . It was a little late in the season, but we still came home with a half-bushel of delicious apples. This year we wanted to go earlier in the season and we wanted to go to one of the farms from our greenmarket.  We decided to go to Wilklow Orchards , in Highland, NY.  Wilklow is at our market year round – they are a sixth generation family farm that brings us city-dwellers delicious produce, meats, baked goods and jams. We were excited to see the farm and we weren’t disappointed. We spent a few hours in the orchard and picked a full bushel of apples. We picked Macoun, Cortland, Red Delicious, Macintosh and Jonamac. I’ve been eating about two apples a day, usually slathered with almond butter. This weekend, Craig has his work cut out for him peeling apples. L...