Valarie Russell on July 7th, 2014

This time of the summer we have so much zucchini, we could have it every night and still be over run with it.  This is so quick and easy you can fix it tonight for dinner.  We had ours with a piece of grilled chicken and a couple slices Kenny’s fresh tomatoes.  Delicious! 3 eggs […]

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Valarie Russell on June 10th, 2014

It’s cabbage season, and this is a simple delicious way to fix some for dinner. We love it this way almost as well as Kenny’s bacon wrapped – grilled cabbage. 1 (medium) head green cabbage, core removed and cut into 8 wedges 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 clove garlic, crushed 1/2 […]

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Valarie Russell on June 6th, 2014

Beets are included in our “Basket of the Week” tomorrow, I wanted to give you a recipe you could easily make and utilize the entire vegetable.  The beet tops are fantastic and this is a great way to use every part of the fresh beets you buy. You can get two delicious side dishes out of this one vegetable. […]

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Valarie Russell on May 13th, 2014

Our daughter-in-law, Deanna, makes Manicotti for her family often and was sharing her recipe a couple weeks ago. It sounded great and was definitely something I had never tried to make before, so I tried my hand at it this week. I tweaked her recipe a bit, mine is a meatless version but you could add ground beef, […]

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Valarie Russell on February 18th, 2014

Kenny loves soups in the winter, actually he likes them year around. I just don’t, I think soups are for cold winter days like today. This soup is one I thought up trying to make use of leftover ham.  In the past few years we stopped purchasing sliced ham from the deli because it is […]

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Valarie Russell on February 4th, 2014

On these cold winter days Kenny and I both enjoy a good pot of soup. We both love potato soup, him with no cheese me with lots.  This week since I was doing the cooking…I won out.  This is one of my favorite recipes, hope you enjoy.   1/2 lb. thick-sliced bacon, diced 1 onion, diced 1 cup […]

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Valarie Russell on September 11th, 2013

The spaghetti squash is an oblong seed-bearing variety of winter squash. The fruit can range either from ivory to yellow or orange in color. The orange varieties have a higher carotene content. Its center contains many large seeds. When raw, the flesh is solid and similar to other raw squash; when cooked, the flesh falls […]

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Valarie Russell on August 19th, 2013

Super side dish, quick and easy… one of our new favorite summer dinners.  Kenny doesn’t really like the cilantro so I have on occasion switched to basil, both ways are delicious. 4 medium new potatoes 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 cup fresh corn kernels (about 2 ears) 1 1/2 teaspoons thinly sliced garlic 1/4 teaspoon […]

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Valarie Russell on July 15th, 2013

We have a new  favorite chard main dish, it’s good enough to serve to company.  This takes quite a lot of chard (at least 1 bunch) wash the chard, and cut the leaves into narrow strips across the leaf.  If the stems are young and tender, you can use those too, by also cutting across the […]

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Valarie Russell on July 10th, 2013

This delicious recipe came from one of our valued customers, Mary, at the New Albany Farmer’s Market.  She shared with me that it was actually a recipe she had back in college many years ago. Here it is, although she never made it with fresh basil and oregano she thought it would be awesome. She said it taste even better […]

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