Fresh Corn Saute
There's a definite chill in the air, and summer is definitely over. Not sure how much longer fresh sweet corn will be available, but if you do have some to use up, this is an excellent side dish.
Hot German Green Bean Salad
Fresh beans are infinitely better than the canned version. The addition of bacon makes this side dish out of this world (bacon has a way of doing that . . . )
Fennel Leek Soup
Last week since I was out of state I gave my CSA share for the week to someone else. So, I had the unique experience of going to the farmer's market and buying whatever I wanted. Ha! I knew I would make this soup, since I usually only get one fennel bulb at a time at the CSA and this requires three.
Great (or at least edible) Green Pasta
Now that I'm trying to wrap up Simply in Season, I'm coming across recipes that I wasn't too interested in making last time I cracked it open. Great Green Vegetable Pasta, with its use of blended up cottage cheese (a technique I used before but don't recall which recipe), was one of them. So I decided to wing a variation on my own.
Heartland: The Cookbook {Book Review}
Last week on the drive from Idaho to Michigan (helping my sister move), I reviewed several books on my Nook. One of them was Heartland: The Cookbook by Judith Fertig. Driving on I-80 through America’s heartland was the perfect setting for reading about the Midwest’s cooking traditions and updated recipes.