Have you ever wondered how to make vegetable stock? It turns out that you can use just about all of your veggie trimmings from the CSA for stock making. Here’s a little step-by-step guide for getting the most out of your CSA shares. Soon you’ll be enjoying extra nutrients in your rice and delicious soups. … Read more
In my research about how to make Pad Thai, I found out that, while making something delicious, I wasn’t exactly making authentic Pad Thai. In fact, Pad Thai has a very specific history, and some on the internet are very passionate about explaining this to the general public. My goal with this recipe is simple: … Read more
In 2017, I made Fancy Fries a lot. It’s such a simple way to enjoy Tinicum CSA root crops. Also, it’s like eating pizza, because you get to cover the roots with shredded cheese. Ingredients 3 potatoes 2 carrots 2 beets 1 celeriac 1 sweet potato 1 parsnip 1 rutabaga(optional) 1 onion, chopped 2 or … Read more
Last season, in an effort to eat more dill, I experimented with adding it to bean dishes. The results were delicious! This recipe comes from my girlfriend, Amanda Midkiff, who owns and operates Locust Light Farm in Titusville, NJ. Locust Light Farm is a medicinal herb farm. Ingredients olive oil 1 can pinto beans 1 … Read more
Here’s something that we’ve been doing over at Chez Streit lately. I’ve made a few little variations on this recipe, and it always comes out nicely. This is one of the many ways to use spaghetti squash, wherein you roast the squash and then pretend it’s traditional pasta. Not too complicated. I don’t feel like … Read more
Here we are on the last day of 2016 — I hope it’s been a happy year for you all! So Meave and I returned home a few days ago from celebrating Christmas with her family in Baltimore. We both felt as if we’d caught a bit of a cold along the way and were … Read more
Happy 2016, Recipe Fans! I apologize for my tardiness in posting this recipe: This was my offering for our Quaker Christmas potluck nearly a month ago, and I think I led some folks to believe that I’d put up the recipe a fair sight sooner than this… So what we’ve got here is a recipe … Read more
Some of you may remember a former recipe called $6 Arugula Salad. You’ll recall that when I make an arugula salad for lunch, co-farmer Stefan typically assigns an arbitrary, but humorous $ value to it. Any additional ingredients, beyond the most basic, increase the value. For example, the walnuts and cheddar cheese in the $6 … Read more
Sure we steal ideas from other farmers! …and this recipe is one that we’re borrowing from Amanda & Jamie over at Locust Light Farm. “Quick Pickles” are a versatile concept that works with any number of vegetables. One common approach involves making a brine, but this version is even easier — using just sugar, salt, … Read more
Hummus: such a healthy and pleasing companion to so many raw vegetables! I went ahead and tagged carrots, sweet peppers, and kohlrabi in this post, because they’re my favorite veggies to eat with hummus, but one needn’t stop there. It also goes well with raw sticks of summer squash, turnip, or broccoli stalk. Plus, it’s … Read more