Margie Pagliarulo is one of the owners of Manchester-Farms, the gorgeous historic farmstead where I lease my vegetable plot. She’s been lots of help, very supportive, and kind enough to share two of her favorite pasta recipes, both of which use ingredients that we’re offering in fall CSA shares: cabbage and arugula. Enjoy! Nonna’s Cabbage [...]
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Margie’s Favorite Pasta Recipes
Posted in Recipes on October 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Napa Cabbage
Posted in Pictures, Recipes on October 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For the farmer’s market last Thursday I was able to harvest several monstrous heads of Napa cabbage. These things were at least 5 pounds each. Big, tightly packed and beautiful. I admit to being a Napa cabbage newbie. But a few Google searches later, I’m armed with the following facts: Napa cabbage, also called Asian [...]
Recipe: Pineapple Tomatillo-Habanero Salsa
Posted in Recipes on October 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Unlike the habanero hot sauce recipe below, this one has a subtle tropical heat balanced by the sweet-tart fruitiness of the pineapple tomatillos and regular tomatillos. For those who aren’t CSA members, pineapple tomatillos are tiny cousins of regular green tomatillos. They have a husk, which you remove to reveal the marble-sized yellow fruit. The taste [...]
Recipe: Habanero Hot Sauce
Posted in Pictures, Recipes on October 4, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I’m not one of those “spicy” people. I don’t order the wings that come with a T-shirt. I don’t douse everything from eggs to ice cream with Tabasco. And I don’t get a perverse pleasure from buying bottles of hot sauce with words like “insanity” and “death” on them. But when I look out on [...]
Recipe: Stuffed Roasted Tomatoes & Pasta
Posted in Recipes on August 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is a perfect way to use nice ripe San Marzano plum tomatoes. Instead of spending hours making sauce, stuff each tomato with garlic, fresh basil and bread crumbs, stick them in the oven, then fold the whole roasted tomatoes into your favorite pasta. Stuffed Roasted Tomatoes & Pasta 10-12 San Marzano or roma tomatoes [...]
Tomatoes Out the Wazoo!
Posted in Pictures, Recipes on August 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been tomatoes for breakfast, lunch and dinner here at the Roos house, and if we work hard enough, I’m sure we can find a way to tomato-fy a dessert or two. We “sauced” our first batch of San Marzano plum tomatoes last night, simmering down an incredibly large pot of puree into four depressingly [...]
Recipes: Stuffed Patty-Pan Squash
Posted in Recipes on August 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Word to the wise: don’t turn your back on Patty-Pan squash. One day they’re cute little flying saucers. The next, they’re beach balls. We went out of town this weekend to a friends wedding. My parents and brother-in-law did an excellent and much-appreciated job of farm-sitting, but there’s only so much ground you can cover. [...]
Recipes: Chocolate Zucchini Cake and Zucchini Bread
Posted in Recipes on July 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This comes from a woman in Mandy’s hometown named Sandra Capps. She made this cake for Mandy’s sister’s wedding. It’s yummy and moist without being too oily. It’s best with a rich frosting or whipped cream. Chocolate Zucchini Cake 4 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 3 c finely shredded zucchini 1/4 c oil 2 c sugar [...]
Recipe: Refrigerator Pickles
Posted in Recipes on July 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
If you, like us, lack the confidence to jump head-first into canning, then these simple refrigerator pickles are an excellent baby step. We made these a few days ago and they turned out great, although I would advise cutting back a little on the salt. The difference between homemade and store-bought pickles are the bright [...]
Recipe: Summer Squash Casserole
Posted in Recipes on July 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This recipe comes from CSA member Sarah, who in turn got it from the Blackberry Farm Cookbook. It’s next on our “What-are-we-going-to-do-with-all-this-freakin’-squash?” list. Thanks, Sarah! Summer Squash Casserole 4 tbsp unsalted butter 1 small, sweet onion, finely chopped about 2 lbs yellow squash or zucchini, cut into 1/4 in thick slices 1/4 c grated Parmesan [...]
