What do you get when you combine four 4-year-olds, Halloween costumes, and make-your-own popcorn ball Jack o’Lanterns? Sweet, sticky fun! With a small dash of chaos. 😉 Kids Halloween Luncheon Menu nuts & dried cranberries “Goblins” on a Log Monster (Carrot) Fingers “Pumpkin” Grilled Cheese local Apple Cider It was a beautiful day, but cooperation […]
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Kooky Spooky Halloween Party Treats
October 29th, 2010 · 3 Comments
Tags: cooking with kids · holiday · recipes · sweets
Fresh from the Pumpkin Patch (and Whole Wheat Pumpkin Bread)
October 25th, 2010 · 5 Comments
Fall is my favorite time of year, especially here in Virginia where we are blessed with beautiful weather and picturesque colors this time of year. After growing up in the Pacific Northwest, with those infernal evergreen trees, the brilliant shades of fall leaves here never fail to impress me. And of course it’s not truly […]
Tags: baking · breakfast · fresh from the... · recipe · recipes · whole grains
Know Your Farmer: Rappahannock County Farm Tour This Weekend
September 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Do you know where your food comes from? Sure, you go to the market, exchange a few pleasantries with the farmer as you shell out cash for those locally-grown carrots or free-range eggs, but do you really know where they come from? This weekend is the first of several fall farm tours around the DC […]
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{Savoring September} Nectarine Gelato
September 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment
I wasn’t kidding about squeezing every last bit of summer out of the month. Today may be the first day of fall, but don’t pack up the ice cream maker just yet. It’s supposed to reach 90 degrees in DC again today, and you can still find sweet white nectarines at the farmers market. So […]
In the Bag: Baked Ratatouille
September 21st, 2010 · 3 Comments
It’s been a while since I’ve shared what we’ve been getting in our CSA bag, from Potomac Vegetable Farms. Of course tomatoes were the star over the past month or so, along with lots of beans, onions and garlic. Oddly, we went for three weeks without a zucchini, only to get two small ones last […]
Tags: at market · CSA · meatless monday · one local summer · recipe · vegetarian · weeknight meals