Posts Tagged ‘organic recipe friday’

Meal in a Box?

One of the delights of participating in community supported agriculture is not knowing what food you’ll get from week to week. One box from your farm may contain bok choy, broccoli, garlic scapes and other goodies. And another may hold cherry tomatoes, shallots, eggplant and more. These welcome surprises can inspire delicious experiments, and one experiment is to put everything together in one dish without a …

When Life Hands You an Eggplant

We all know the adage “When life hands you a lemon, make lemonade.” Well, when life—or a local farm—hands me an eggplant, I make ratatouille. A recent delivery from my CSA and a trip to a farm in Maryland just happened to yield pretty much everything I needed for this delicious dish, which can be eaten hot or cold. The only question was if I should roast the vegetables or sauté them.

Start With Tomatoes

I have a hard time relating to people who don’t like tomatoes, although I have a feeling people who say they don’t like tomatoes have never tasted good tomatoes. And I feel sorry for people who have never tasted good tomatoes. Perfectly ripe, recently picked tomatoes with that tantalizing, intense tomato smell—available from your CSA, farmers’ market and maybe even your backyard—are one of my favorite things about summer.