It’s Farmers Market week here at FoodieTots, so stay tuned all week for market re-openings and seasonal recipes featuring farm fresh food from the Chesapeake Bay foodshed. Hooray for spring! The rain held off most of the morning for the Del Ray Farmers Market (Saturdays, 8am-noon). New vendor Shlagel Farms had just a few of […]
At the Alexandria Markets: Strawberries!
May 4th, 2009 · 4 Comments
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Shellfish on Friday
February 27th, 2009 · 13 Comments
Now that Lent is here, I have even more incentive to try new seafood recipes to incorporate more sustainable seafood into our diet. This was actually our Shrove Tuesday pancake meal, but we will definitely be making it again. Shellfish is loaded with nutrients (scallops with vitamin B12) and while my son isn’t yet slurping […]
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Recipe Swap Sunday
January 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments
I find a lot of great new recipe ideas from the foodbloggers I follow on Twitter, and in my daily blog skimming, and instead of just saving them to my own favorites I’ve started a “recipe retweet of the day” to share what I find. For those of you who aren’t on Twitter, here’s what […]
Sustainable Family Supper, Fish Night
January 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments
In addition to the general guides mentioned above, regional Seafood Watch guides are also available. I know I usually advocate for eating locally and then admit that we often eat wild Alaskan salmon. Unfortunately, our local waterways are so polluted and endangered that local seafood is minimally available. I do buy local Blue crabs, oysters […]
Tags: fish · grains · recipes · seafood · sustainable family supper · weeknight meals
Best of 2008
December 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment
Your favorite recipes of 2008 … 10 …Sesame Beef Stir-Fry 9 … Watermelon Gazpacho 8 … Creamy Apple Celery Soup 7 … Rainier Cherry Glazed Pork Chops 6 … Organic Spiced Cranberry Sauce 5 … Zesty Green Beans Almondine 4 … Zucchini Tagliatelle Alfredo 3 … Pork Chops with Rhubarb Barbecue Sauce 2 … Cranberry […]
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