If you’ve been to a DC-area farmers market lately, I don’t have to tell you peaches are here. After a couple week hiatus, we stopped by the Crystal City Farmers Market last week to stock up on fruit at Kuhn Orchard — but I passed up the peaches and went for apricots, plums, blue and […]
Entries from July 2010
Local Potluck Tuesday (and Recipes for Peach Season)
July 20th, 2010 · 5 Comments
Tags: at market · fruit · local potluck tuesday · recipes
Almond French Toast with Cherry Apricot Compote
July 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment
As promised, July is cherry month here at FoodieTots. I know it’s the tail end of the season around DC, but elsewhere they’re just coming into season. While I bought all the Bing and sour pie cherries I could during our too-short season, I never spotted Queen Anne cherries this year — the yellow-red cherries […]
Tags: at market · breakfast · fruit · recipes
Local Potluck Tuesday (and Fried Baby Artichokes)
July 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment
I learned to love artichokes during college in California, where a big, steamed choke and bowl of melted butter with wine (for dipping) was one of my favorite meals. The array of drop dead gorgeous artichokes at the Portland Farmers Market two summers ago was one of the things that had me nearly begging my […]
Tags: at market · local potluck tuesday · recipes · vegetables
Local Potluck Tuesday July 6 (and Garlic Scape Chimichurri)
July 6th, 2010 · 4 Comments
As we prepared to welcome baby #2, this holiday weekend was an exercise in clearing out our CSA produce from the fridge. We grilled flank steak one evening, and I had chimichurri on the mind but was missing jalapeno peppers. (Chimichurri is a South American pesto-style green sauce, typically made with parsley and peppers. We […]
Tags: CSA · grilled · local potluck tuesday
Happy 4th of July!
July 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Celebrating with all-natural, fresh from the farmers market Rocket Pops! (cherry, yogurt, blueberry)
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