The last few months have been hard. Guys, so hard, and I couldn’t even tell half the people in my life about it. Because you know you’re not supposed to tell the world your pregnant until your out of the first trimester….
Green rice is one of those things that always seems to find its way into our weekly meals. Not on purpose of course, but usually as a way to use up slightly past their prime greens. Which, let’s be honest this time of year is a weekly thing….
Oh man, this weather. It’s 70 degrees one day and freezing the next, and then theres crazy day-long storms in between. Now don’t get me wrong, I love a cool morning that turns into a warm afternoon. It’s one of my favorite parts of fall, but when whole weeks are mood swinging worse than my 3-month-old, it gets a little annoying….
Jerusalem artichokes are a northeastern native that has always grown around the edges of the fields and roadways where I grew up. I always knew that there were parts of them you could eat, but never spent much time actually eating them. I did, however, love their flowers. Their large yellow flowers look like some kind of daisy, sunflower cross breed and are rather pretty. I love them so much that I even had them in my wedding bouquet.
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Like just about everyone who’s into canning, I get excited every year at the prospect of tomato season. The one time of year when tomatoes are available in abundance. The one time of year when you can get your hands on a fresh sun ripened tomato. Tomatoes harvest at just the right time and eaten right away can actually be startlingly sweet and flavorful.
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