So, we are in the midst of “eat everything that will go bad before vacation.” There was a bag of tomatillo that I had planned to make salsa with for Matt’s lunches. Then Swede Lake Farm gave us some…

There are a couple of go to dishes that are perfect for when your fridge is full from your garden, farmers market or CSA. The first things that come to my mind are salad, stir-fry, pasta & pizza. Well,…

A couple weeks ago I was so thrilled to see that Peter’s Pumpkins was selling pumpkin blossoms at the farmers market.Typically you hear of people stuffing these & frying them but we’d been wanting…

It’s the time of summer we look forward to every year, the Minnesota State Fair time. We’re lucky as MN has arguably one of the best State Fairs in the country & it’s just over the Mississippi in…

I made my own oven dried tomatoes this week! It’s time consuming but not much work at all. I started with a bunch of San Marzano & Roma tomatoes which I sliced in half & put cut side up on baking…

Two weeks ago I picked up some leeks at the farmers market & decided I wanted some potato leek soup. When I mentioned it on my weekly menu, a few people wrote to say they had not had good luck with…

Before we get to the winner of The Great Fig Giveaway let’s talk about how we used the rest of the fresh figs.We made a grilled pizza topped with blue cheese, fontina, sliced figs & prosciutto. Once…

I wanted to make a sauce using the fresh Black Mission figs we have & figured a pork tenderloin would be the perfect vehicle for it. It’s been so long since we’ve had a tenderloin & I don’t…

Couldn’t you just go crazy this time of year at the farmers market? It seems like the booths are almost overflowing with the abundance of produce. I have to stop myself from buying more than we can use…

Honey is a wonderful sweetener for ice cream, giving it a nice mellow sweetness. It also happens to be a perfect pairing with figs. So, honey & fig ice cream makes a lot of sense. I decided to also…