Category Archives: Recipes

And so it came to pass that we needed to clean out the basement freezer (we already lost one in the last flood so we need to remove any future loss by cleaning out the basement entirely) and I found a frozen puff pastry I had bought for one of the many events we’ve hadContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Puff Pastry Dinner Hack — Savory Puff Tart”

We were very fortunate to have travelled to Morocco when we were younger and stayed with extended extended family. We travelled with a Moroccan and got to see all the in’s and out’s of a couple of the big cities and some of the countryside. We visited Casablanca and Rabat, stayed in Mohammedia, took aContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Harira”

This wonderful amalgamation is brought to you by the beautiful late-season peppers populating Andrews Farm here in Gardiner. Our jalapenos have come and gone but they are resplendent in sweet long red, yellow, and orange peppers (whose name I do not know), green chilis (graciously and mostly for us!), and poblanos. As other crops haveContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Stuffed Poblanos”

This is essentially a recipe for Eggplant Parmesan but I’m open to whatever the garden (or my lovely CSA, i.e. someone else’s garden) brings me. It is not fried (but you can do whatever you like) or a massive hassle. And it uses up old bread or the cracker bits left in the bottom ofContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Rock Bottom Parmesan Pasta”

A wonderful member recently gave us a generous helping of Thai Basil they grew. Oh! Such a lovely and heady gift. The baker took one sniff and begged for Drunken Noodle (Veranda in Portland is his favorite). I’ve had this Thai dish and I like it but I’ve never made it. So, in true RockContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Drunken Noodle”

I think the last recipe was a Summer stew of some sort, for which I apologize (ish). Both because summer and stew don’t seem like good friends (a point we would obviously argue), and because, well, I already did that — but in my defense, you don’t really want to hear about the millions ofContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Pozole con Pollo”

It’s been a swing of a Spring so far – starting in classic fashion of snow but then a week later 70 degrees F! Many weeks of sunny and warm days, with some typical April and May rainy days in there, fooled us into thinking we were well on our way to Summer when lastContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Spring Lamb & Olive Stew”

How can you go wrong with pesto? It is one of my favorite things to make because I can make it with such a variety of things. Any kind of green, any kind of seed or nut, any kind of oil, you can add cheese or don’t add cheese, a pinch of salt, a squeezeContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Forager’s Pesto”