Bye-bye tomatoes
I’m not crazy about summer ending. I never am. I love summer, even the really hot days. I find it easier to cool off in the summer then to warm up in the winter. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of living where there are four distinct seasons and there are many things [...]
Make your own roasted sweet corn
Every year, when Michigan corn is ready to harvest, we head to the farmer’s market and buy 3-4 dozen ears to roast and preserve. The first year we did this, we bought corn from a girl who would harvest corn on her family farm and then sell it at farmer’s markets to raise money for [...]
Chinese Red Noodle Bean Curry
We were taking inventory of our freezer over the weekend to see what we had left from out fall harvest last year. We discovered that we still had two bags of Chinese Red Noodle Beans. We were given these seeds as a gift from my brother two years ago from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds and now they [...]
Maple sugaring, pure and simple
Ever wonder how maple syrup is made? Well, I did. Luckily, just down the road from my house, is Hudson Mills Metropark and they have tours on the weekends in March to show you just how the process works. When I called to reserve a spot in one of the tours, I explained that I [...]
A better PB&J
A 2002 survey showed the average American will have eaten 1,500 of these sandwiches before graduating from high school. Yesterday I attended a HomeGrown Local Foods Summit, and, although I already knew many of the wonderful reasons that buying local and supporting local growers is a good idea, this summit really drilled into my mind [...]
Smoothies
I am a summer person and can get a little down in winter but, this year, I have been unusually accepting of winter. I attribute my acceptance to the fact that I spent a lot of time out hiking in it. However, last week we had a warm up and it melted all the snow, [...]