It warms my heart around this time each year when my old garlic scape recipes suddenly see a spike in traffic — because it means people are hitting the farmers markets and trying something new. Garlic scapes, or curls, as our CSA farm calls them, are one of those things you won’t find in the […]
Entries from May 2012
At Market: What to Make with Garlic Scapes
May 30th, 2012 · 4 Comments
Tags: at market · greens · spring
At the H Street NE FreshFarm Market
May 24th, 2012 · Comments Off on At the H Street NE FreshFarm Market
The younger foodie tot and I stopped by the H Street NE FreshFarm Market last weekend to finally scope out one of the few markets on the east side of town. At a new location this season (on 13th at H St., NE) , it’s a great little neighborhood market with some well-known vendors (Atwater’s […]
Tags: around DC · at market · spring
Kids Cook: Baked Snapper in Parchment
May 21st, 2012 · 1 Comment
We had a fabulously delicious weekend, including our Food Revolution picnic at the Washington Monument — before participating in Yoga on the Mall. Taking full advantage of the gorgeous weather, we had another picnic with friends on Sunday, for which I made my favorite summer salad — my asparagus version of Heidi Swanson’s “Mostly Not […]
Tags: cooking with kids · fish · kids cook monday · recipes
Food Revolution Day
May 18th, 2012 · 1 Comment
Y’all know about Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, right? His television shows brought viewers into the front lines of the childhood obesity battle, and a battle it is when faced with a food industry that will spend millions in marketing rather than admit that chocolate milk is not, in fact, a health food. (Neither is Nutella, […]
Tags: around DC · events · food for thought
Meatless Monday: Slow Cooker Pinto Beans
May 14th, 2012 · 1 Comment
Hope all you mamas out there had a lovely Mother’s Day weekend! I’m not sure if he heard about it somewhere or came up with it on his own, but around the start of the school year the boy declared that Tuesdays were for tacos, and so our Taco Tuesday tradition was born. Now we’re […]
Tags: meatless monday · recipes · slow cooker