I remember the moment that I realized there were raspberry and blackberry bushes in the back yard of my newly bought house a few years ago. Pure joy. I have always loved fruit picking – it’s one of my favorite pastimes. Over the past few years we’ve planted fruit bushes and trees in our third…
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{gluten free recipe} Perfect Summer Biscuits
I love biscuits. Love ‘em. In the middle of winter, I whip up a batch and serve them with a hearty meal. Then summer arrives and fruit shows up at the market. And then? Well, I almost run into the kitchen to bake a pan of biscuits. Today let’s talk about how to make easy,…
{know your farmer} The Berry Patch
Editor’s Post: ‘Community Voices’ Contributor, Emily L of Capital District Dining Blog, is back with a terrific farm tour of The Berry Patch! We get our berries from The Berry Patch for many of our FSC Academy classes, so I’m very excited that Emily got a chance to have a personal tour! -Christina +++++ I…
{recipe} Blueberry Salsa
BLUEBERRY PICKING SEASON I have a deep love for blueberries and celebrate each year when the first berries have ripened on the bush. Some people have a hard time resisting chocolate brownies or sweets, and I can commiserate with them. But, for me, the real struggle is blueberries. Laugh if you must, I understand it…
{recipe} Chilled Mango Salsa
Summer days ahead call for refreshing food with no heat necessary to prepare them. I picked up 3 perfectly ripe mangos this weekend. 1 mango for snacking and two to use in whipping up this delicious recipe. RECIPE: CHILLED MANGO SALSA INGREDIENTS 2 large mangos, diced ½ cup blueberries 1 cucumber, diced ¼ cup onion,…
{FREE DOWNLOAD} Let’s Plan It!
The summer growing season is in full-swing now, and that means veggies might start piling up in your fridge! It makes you moan and groan and feel all guilty but you know it’s true. If you get a CSA share or are an avid gardener, pretty soon you are going to scowl when you realize…
{Gluten & Dairy Free} Strawberry Lemonade Muffins
{It’s strawberry picking season and I couldn’t be happier} My favorite thing about the summer months is picking fruit: strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries, peaches… It is the thought of summer days, picking fruit, that gets me through the winter months. Each dreary winter day is one step closer to having a fresh, ripe berry…
{Guest Contributor} Frozen Yogurt Popsicles
Editor’s Note: I am pleased to introduce Hanna, Michael’s sister (my farmer and boss) and now our newest and youngest contributor! While working in heatwaves and downpours at the various Wednesday and Saturday markets in Saratoga, I would hear rave reviews about a frozen yogurt pops making the rounds on the farm in Granville. I…
{FSclub} Soup Swap Day 2011
When we began this club, our monthly meetings were all about sharing a food experience, but once the blog was launched the three hour meetings quickly became more about the blog; topics, theme weeks, recipes, generating readers, giveaways, guest contributors. Not a horrible thing, but something that can be discussed via email and not something…
MY Favorite Breakfast: {Apple} Cinnamon Oatmeal
This is my favorite breakfast, and it is cooking on the stove in our home just about every morning in the Fall. It fills the entire house with warm, Fall-inspired smells–who doesn’t love that? It’s Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal, and I’m not talking that instant Quaker, dehydrated apple stuff. REAL food. Here’s how to bring this…
Adventures in … Apple Butter
A few weeks ago, Chris and I took the boys and went apple picking at Indian Ladder farms. As a result we got a bushel bag full of apples! C-man and I have been eating apples for weeks. I made and canned applesauce and more. We still have apples left. I hate to waste anything,…
What’s New in My Kitchen Wednesday {Food Mill}
I have to admit. The food mill (I frequently forget its name) only comes out of the cupboard this time of year for “Rosie Applesauce” but it is a must for making this applesauce and the kids LOVE to use it. Talk about an upper arm workout. Three kids and one Mama and we all have…
Peaches, peaches and more peaches
As you know from previous post, myself and my family were recently on vacation in Newport, RI. While on vacation we had the time and the opportunity to pick some peaches. This…… was not something that I had ever done before. Always apples, never peaches. I was so excited because for one it’s cool because…
{Weekend} Reading: NATIONAL EDITION
Here’s the second half of my link love this week…. BLOG LOVE Marisa, canning guru who writes at Food In Jars, posted a great piece about the importance of using bottled lemon juice in canning. Another Canning Guru, Mrs Wheelbarrow, was on NPR for her canning and blogging. She writes about the experience on this…
