Menu: Week of 09/22/19
L. occasionally refers to the vagaries of my character as my sharing characteristics with people who suffer from OCD. I have always felt...
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Sep 14, 2019
Menu: Week of 09/15/19
This Week's CSA box contained: Herbs: a bunch each of sage, lavender, thyme, Mexican mint, flowering tarragon, lemongrass, red shiso, ...
Sep 7, 2019
Menu: Week of 09/08/19
I skipped this week’s CSA box order (gasp!) in favor of checking out my new local farmers’ market. It is that lovely time of the year...
Sep 1, 2019
Menu: Week of 09/01/19
This Week's CSA box contained: Herbs: sage, red shiso, thyme, flowering tarragon and lavender. Greens: curly kale, dandelion greens, a...
Aug 25, 2019
Menu: Week of 08/25/19
This Week's CSA box contained: Herbs: a bunch each of flowering dill, sage, purple shiso, thyme, purslane and celery leaf - also known as...
Aug 11, 2019
Menu: Week of 08/11/19
The above still life with tomatoes shows only 5 of the 7 pounds worth of tomatoes that I received in this week's CSA box. A huge, dense 1...
Aug 4, 2019
Menu: Week of 08/03/19
Our first grocery shop in our new house - after a particularly stressful move, food deliveries and weekly menu planning are back on track...
Jul 20, 2019
Menu: Week of 07/21/19
As far as I am concerned, opening the CSA box on Saturday morning is like a weekly version of Christmas morning. I love the surprises...
Jul 14, 2019
Menu: Week of 07/14/19
Behold the fridge of a girl on a sustainable diet, an image only shared so far with subscribers of my newsletter. Go on, sign up, you...
Jul 7, 2019
Menu: Week of 07/07/19
I didn't feel any of the sentiment expressed above last week and don't plan on it this week either, if my menu goes as expected. My CSA...
Jun 30, 2019
Menu: Week of 06/30/19
Another mixed bag of a weekly menu throwing my usual template to the winds – it is the 4th of July, it is hot as Hades and I am still on...
Jun 23, 2019
Menu: Week of 06/23/19
With my sister turning 60, and my dad in town for her birthday, it has been a week of celebrations, many of them revolving around the...
Jun 16, 2019
Menu: Week of 06/16/19
My dad is in town and my sister is having a big birthday - all of this means lots of dinners and celebrations this week and a short menu...
May 26, 2019
Menu: Week of 05/26/19
Happy Memorial Day weekend! We have had sunny days so far so L. and I are discussing using the balcony grill for tomorrow's Eye of Round...
May 19, 2019
Menu: Week of 05/19/19
This week's menu was very much built around our CSA box which, to my slight dismay, was mostly comprised of perishable greens - collard,...
May 12, 2019
Menu: Week of 05/12/19
While I enjoyed last week’s Rainbow Week theme – fun with creativity, a lot of veggie varieties and more vibrant images on the blog...
May 5, 2019
Menu: Week of 05/05/19
No, I did not plan a special menu for Cinco de Mayo and yes, this week's menu is me being particularly whimsical. The stores and farm...
Apr 28, 2019
Menu: Week of 4/28/19
This year's spring is decidedly on the cold, wet and grey side. Rather than wait for April showers to turn into May flowers, my mother,...
Apr 21, 2019
Menu: Week of 4/21/19
Seems appropriate for Easter...We are on the Vineyard for the weekend. Like everywhere else on the East Coast, the weather is gray and...
Apr 7, 2019
Menu: Week of 4/7/19
Between a couple of weeks ago when I let L. pick the menu, last week's many outings, the joys of menopause, and a recently even more...
Mar 30, 2019
Menu: Week of 3/31/19
First weekly menu since the big changes - please stick with me as I get my bearings. A lot of things that used to make blog writing easy...
Mar 23, 2019
Menu: Week of 3/24/19
It is “Redux” meal week. I don't much like to make something that I have made before for a second time. It feels counterintuitive. If I...
Mar 17, 2019
Menu: Week of 3/17/19
It is starting to feel like there is hope for Spring's arrival. We have had a week with clear blue skies and pretty nice weather but it...
Mar 10, 2019
Menu: Week of 3/10/19
A mixed bag of a menu this week; inspiration didn't strike as it usually does and menu planning came down to what vegetables from the CSA...
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