Curried Winter Squash Soup with Apple-Raisin Conserve
What do you do when there are still 25 blue Hubbard squash under your desk? Roast one every weekend and […]
Baked Beans with Sweet Potatoes and Chipotles
History repeats itself in the kitchen. It’s seasonal of course, whether by dint of climate or the rituals of the […]
Spicy Pumpkin and Sweet Potato Soup
We have a weekend soup habit. A late Saturday pick-me-up. A Sunday lunch. Leftovers stashed to cart to work during […]
Canning Soup Base and Tomato Sweet Potato Soup with Rosemary
Here we are again, cooking the last of a season and the first of the next: tomatoes out, sweet potatoes […]
Impromptu: Curried Sweet Potato, Chickpeas and Spinach
It was just one of those days. I came home late and my husband came home early. While the refrigerator […]
Curried Mussel Chowder
Spices create warm depth of flavor and comfort that are welcome in winter. With plentiful potatoes, sweet potatoes and onions […]
Dark Days 10 One-Pot Challenge: Sunday Roast Chicken with Root Vegetables and Cider
A continuing series on weekly meals that use sustainable, organic, local and ethical food during the challenging winter months. For […]
Oven-Roasted Garnet Yams with Cinnamon and Garlic
The organically grown baby “garnet yams” in our local produce market were just too good to pass up. I roasted […]
Dark Days Week 5: Sea Scallops with Mushrooms and Leeks on Sweet Potato Crisps
Variety, balance. Colors, textures, flavors. Seasonality, locality, sustainability. This meal had it all, simply by layering. Each component was prepared […]
Tomato and Pumpkin Soup
Continuing to eat out of the pantry before the spring growing season, I roasted the remaining cheese pumpkin from the […]
Spicy Pork Stew with Poblanos and Sweet Potatoes
I am so lucky to live in an area (halfway between Philadelphia and New York) where local food is plentiful […]
Root Soup with Preserved Sage from the Pantry
Continuing my mission to use up the roots in my refrigerator, I made a delicious pureed soup of rutabaga, parsnips, […]
February: Searching for Roots
“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of shoes and ships – and sealing-wax – […]
Savory Bread Pudding: Roots and Greens
Wow, this was simply delicious straight from the oven. I took my basic ”formula” for sweet bread pudding (think apple) […]
Roasted Roots
I love roasted vegetables. There’s something about the concentration of flavors that feels homey. And the contrast between the slightly […]
Pumpkin/Squash and Sweet Potato Soup
Now that Halloween has passed, we no longer need the sugar pumpkins to stand around looking cute, so it’s time […]
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