Summer Farm Share Week 12 brought us many favorites including Patty Pan squash. Yum! It’s not only fun to say but it’s delicious, too. I couldn’t resist buying a couple more since I enjoyed these so much last year. I love all types of squash but I’m particularly fond of the soft-skinned varieties for a…

Summer Farm Share Week 9 influenced what I like to call a “Stir Fry Steam”. It’s a simple way of combining veggies by sauteing, then softening them a bit more with some steam, which also enhances the combined flavor. With or without rice, it’s delicious and this week we re-purposed it a few times. A…

As we entered Summer Farm Share Week 8, I realized that tracking equals weight loss. I knew this. But like anything else I don’t do consistently, I needed to rediscover it. My plan has always been to track what we do with our share weekly in order to report it here. But there are many…

Summer Farm Share Week 7 brought us Green Beans, so I had to try something different with them. Mel suggested bacon. I had never tried that. We also received red potatoes and a bulb onion, so we got two great meals out of those. This is one of my favorite farm share weeks – I…

If you’ve never roasted tomatoes before, I highly recommend it as a very easy process for even the most novice cook. When I thought about preserving my own tomatoes, as well as buying them in bulk to preserve, I went searching for the easiest methods before I decided if I wanted to tackle this task….