Curing Kitchen Boredom with Shrimp!

Purchasing the same foods each week can leave me feeling incredibly bored.  My usual, figure-it-out-as-you-go cooking method is fun, but can get tiresome because if you’re always starting with the same ingredients, it’s challenging to end up with a different result.  Even with the lovely variety of farmers market additions, the repetition of the same…

{Basil} A New Twist on Pesto

{pesto} parts: the secret is in the center Anyone who lives in and around Saratoga Springs, NY is fully aware of the six weeks during the summer that is known as “Track Season”. From late July through Labor Day weekend, the town and its environs are filled to the brim with tourists. The downtown shopping…

Tomatos- No, not sauce…….

SANDWICH’S, what to do with the ones that didn’t make the cut, for the sauce.  I love all things tomatoes, but I am the WORST tomato grower ever, I mean WORST.  This year we planted three different varieties The sauce/ eating tomato I can’t remember the name of,  Sun Gold ( Orange Cherry) and Golden…