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Pork Chops with Apples and Maple-Rum Sauce

November 3rd, 2008 · 17 Comments

To me, nothing says fall quite like pork chops with fresh picked apples. I’m not sure where the association comes from, since I can only remember my mother making pork chops with peaches. Nevertheless, when the leaves are falling and the temperatures finally take their sudden plunge (seasons never change gradually here in DC!), you […]

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Tags: apples · proteins · recipes · weeknight meals

Turkey Sweet Potato Chili

October 22nd, 2008 · 9 Comments

Our CSA farm has produced some wonderful sweet potatoes this year. I like to add them to turkey chili to add sweetness and a nice boost of vitamin A. I used cannellini beans in this version, but was thinking of swapping in black beans for an orange and black Halloween dinner. I ate mine over […]

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Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

October 14th, 2008 · 4 Comments

This past weekend was the fall open house and potluck at our CSA farm, Potomac Vegetable Farms. We stopped by Crooked Run Orchard for apple and pumpkin* picking first. It was such a gorgeous, warm fall day to be out in the orchards. When we arrived at PVF, we had missed the hayride but set […]

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Tags: baked goods · Know Your Food · recipes

Eat Local Challenge, Week 1: Sweet Potato & Sausage Skillet Saute

October 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The first few days of the Eat Local Challenge were not terribly successful, as they coincided with a work conference that required me to eat several meals in a hotel. One lunch was particularly comic in its seasonal schizophrenia, with asparagus atop sweet potatoes. The weekend farmers market visits enabled me to re-stock the fridge […]

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Beer Can Chicken + Sweet Potatoes

October 7th, 2008 · Comments Off on Beer Can Chicken + Sweet Potatoes

This is a favorite fall meal, when we’re in the mood for roast chicken but it’s still nice enough outside to grill. The only problem is that we rarely have cans of beer in the house, but I improvised by pouring beer into an empty coke can instead. The beer steams the chicken from within […]

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Tags: eat local challenge · grilled · proteins · recipes