Archive for November, 2011
To celebrate our last week with you, we have harvested and gathered:
Onions
Leeks
Potatoes
Mustard Greens
Sunchokes
Cardoons
Butternut Squash
Baby Pam Pumpkins
Herbs- Rosemary/ Sage
RECIPES
Caramelized Onion Dip
Ingredients-
Cooking spray
3 cups chopped onion (about 2 medium)
3 tablespoons low-fat sour cream, divided
2 tablespoons (1 ounce) block-style 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, softened
3 tablespoons light mayonnaise
1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/8 teaspoon salt
Dash of ground red pepper
Directions:
Heat a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over [...]
This week we have harvested:
Butternut Squash
Spaghetti Squash
Baby Pam Pumpkins
Cardoons
Garlic
RECIPES
Butternut Squash with Onions and Pecans
Ingredients-
3 tablespoons butter
1 large onion, diced
2 1/4 pounds butternut squash
1 cup chopped pecans
3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Place pecans on an ungreased baking sheet. Toast at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 5 to 8 minutes.
Peel the squash, [...]
This week’s share:
Butternut Squash
Baby Bear Pumpkins
Sun chokes/ Jerusalem Artichokes
Garlic
RECIPES
Jerusalem Artichoke and Cheese Chowder
Ingredients-
2 Tablespoons butter
1 small onion, sliced
1 pound Jerusalem artichokes, sliced into water with 1 Tablespoon lemon juice added
8 ounces carrots, sliced
5 teaspoon all-purpose flour
2-1/2 cups chicken stock
1-1/4 cups milk
8 ounces (2 cups) Gruyere cheese, shredded
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
Salt and pepper, to taste.
Julienne [...]
Wow, it is already November. How time continues to fly…
The recent weather has been chilly, although that doesn’t keep a farmer out of the field! Things have been super busy at Simington Gardens with tilling in the newly sown cover crop, building new green houses, planting winter greens, and tightening up any lose ends from [...]
