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Eat more kale!

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Lisa D.

The bumper sticker on my car reads Eat More Kale, and we’ve been living up to this slogan, as recent posts will attest. My most recent kale-fest involves last summer’s crop. At the end of the summer, Caitilin brought home … Continue reading →

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Ad hoc broccoli rabe

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Lisa D.

Some of our kale and other hardy greens began bolting a few weeks ago when it started getting warm. Our friend Jan visited around that time, and we sent her home with some of the young flowering stalks with the … Continue reading →

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Walla Walla!

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Lisa D.

When my friend Poonam offered to cook an Indian feast for us, we went to the greenhouse to look for ingredients. In addition to cabbage and potatoes that made a lovely side dish, and cilantro that garnished everything, she wanted … Continue reading →

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A quick meal of slow food

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Lisa D.

In need of a quick, easy dinner for one, I poked around in my refrigerator and found the last of a carton of eggs from our friend Steve’s backyard chickens, a container with few tablespoons of homemade chicken stock, and … Continue reading →

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Shopping the aisles

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Lisa D.

We have an overwhelming number of choices for greens right now, something those of us in the Winter Bounty project take for granted. This was brought home to me when I served a friend a gratin made from mature greenhouse … Continue reading →

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You can eat carrot greens! Who knew?

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Lisa D.

Sometimes, a piece of information falls into your lap at precisely the moment you need it. That’s what happened when I read “Yes, Carrot Tops are Edible…and Delicious” in Gilt Taste, a new online magazine and specialty shop selling artesanal … Continue reading →

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Carrot flan for a spring dinner

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Lisa D.

Because greens excel in cold climates, that’s mostly what we grew in the greenhouse this winter: two kinds of kale, two kinds of chard, arugula, broccoli rabe, head lettuces, cabbage, mizuna, and so on. Our root vegetables included turnips, radishes, … Continue reading →

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“A meal any way you look at it”: Cooking from the greenhouse

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Lisa D.

I asked people in our group how they’d been cooking from the greenhouse lately. Lydia said, “I am just a fan of sautéing some onions and garlic and throwing in anything we picked from the greenhouse. I cook it for … Continue reading →

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Two hearty winter dishes with greens

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Lisa D.

I’ve been using my greens in salads, sauteeing them, or adding them to soups and stews. But the other day, I saw a recipe from chef Suzanne Goin that I decided to adapt. I cooked some barley until it was … Continue reading →

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A Thanksgiving without green bean casserole

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Lisa D.

For Thanksgiving, I slivered up half an onion and sauteed it for five minutes in my biggest skillet. Then right before we ate, I added large handfuls of Winter Bounty chard, which I had cut into strips. When the greens … Continue reading →

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