Sunday dinner Sometimes we fall into eating the same things over and over again and meals get a little bit boring. So, for dinner this Sunday we decided to try to make something just a little fancy and a little different from what we normally eat. In fact, I have never made a stuffed mushroom…
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Strawberry Rhubarb Pie: A perfect combination of sweet and tart
Strawberry Rhubarb Cream Pie Strawberry rhubarb pie is the perfect spring and early summer pie. It’s perfect because it tastes so good, but also because the strawberries and rhubarb can come right from the garden, as fresh as it gets! We are still a little early for strawberries here in Michigan at the end of…
Acorn Flour Carrot Apple Raisin Coffee Cake: Another acorn flour recipe to try out
Baking coffee cake on a sunny morning I can’t believe that May has had such consistently cold and wet weather. But, when the house is cold in the morning, I like to warm it up by turning on the oven to bake something. Sometimes I bake a fruit crisp or muffins, or an egg casserole….
Acorn flour tortillas: another gluten free, grain free tortilla
Harvesting the wild acorns Being wild food enthusiasts, we have had many interesting experiences with attempting to eat acorns. Many of them ended up wormy and bitter. In an attempt to make our own acorn flour in Philadelphia 17 years ago we harvested a couple trash bags full of acorns from a city park. If…
Extreme Vegetable Soup: A Super Soup Recipe
This extremely delicious soup recipe is sure to warm you up on a cold day. I don’t know about you, but when it is cold outside, I can’t get enough warm soup. Comfort food Well it is cold and snowy out. It still feels like winter with the snow outside and the kids throwing snowballs!…
Maple Syrup Season: Our Favorite Maple Syrup Recipes
Maple Syrup Season Last years maple syrup production was a rollercoaster. The first sap flow started in February, and it stopped and started multiple times due to the variable weather. In mid-April, some of the taps were frozen. Near the end of April the maple leaf buds started to swell and the season was finally…
Chestnuts: Chestnut and Chanterelle Pot Pie
Chestnuts and Chanterelles Chestnuts are a starchy nut with an almost potato-like texture; chanterelles, a mushroom with sweet and savory overtones. I had never eaten either before today’s cooking adventure. Chestnuts are a tree nut, but they are not your typical high protein, high fat nut. They have about 44 grams of carbohydrates for every…
Burdock, Turkey, and Bok Choy Recipe with Sweet Potato: Starting out the new year with healthy foods
Burdock, turkey and bok choy recipe: A healthy start to the new year. Everyone seems to have a resolution to eat healthy in the New Year. That means something different for everyone with different diets and eating plans. But, I think most can agree that fewer processed foods and more colorful vegetables are good for…
Delicata squash stuffed with highbush cranberry wild rice stuffing
Stuffed delicata squash I just ate the best meal I have ever lunch-boxed to work! Delicata squash stuffed with highbush cranberry and wild rice stuffing was amazing. Delicata squash was much sweeter than I expected making a nice contrast for the sour cranberries and the rustic wild rice. And, not in the recipe title, the…
Cherry pie for the holiday season: Michigan cherries, tart and sweet with a few varieties to choose from
Michigan cherries Midsummer in Northern Michigan; it was the last day for cherry picking so we picked as many types of cherries that we could at a local cherry farm. We actually came home with about 200 pounds of cherries for a very good price. Yikes, what do you do with 200 pounds of cherries?You…
Radish mini challenge – #6-8 Chinese green luobo radish, Watermelon radish, Sparkler radish
The Radish mini challenge continues! This week I added 3 new radishes to the list for a total so far of 8 different radishes. I didn’t think finding different radish varieties would be so hard. The new varieties #6 Chinese green luobo radish, #7 Watermelon radish, #8 Sparkler radish. The first two of these varieties…
The Extreme salad, inspired by Stephen Barstow: 30 ingredients or more
The Extreme Salad, inspired by Stephen Barstow, is becoming a new family meal time tradition. Stephen Barstow Stephen Barstow is the world record holder for making a salad with the most different varieties of plants. 537 different varieties of plants, all in one salad!!! That is inspiring. And, he lives in Norway near the arctic…