Leftover quinoa pilaf with peas, fava beans and edamame, plus leftover chicken casserole with carrots in peas. It’s peas squared! Preparation time: 5 minutes Shopping: None Just the thing to heat in the microwave after spending the very early part of the morning harvesting the rest of our peas, removing the pea plants and getting […]
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In the course of researching an article on rhubarb recently I discovered that a close relation is sorrel. Oxalic acid makes rhubarb leaves toxic. It gives sorrel leaves a distinct and almost addictive tartness, although sorrel should not be eaten to excess either. We planted sorrel from seed in the garden at my daughter’s school. […]
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Each year around this time I give our farmer friend Mike a call to order potato sets and onion sets for planting. This year I was surprised to hear Mike offer to deliver the goods (we usually drive the 30 miles to the farm). And he had other tantalizing items for us to consider. How […]
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