Where would mankind be without beans? Beans are loved the world over in flavorful bean dishes and in processed foods such as tofu. They’re full of fiber and iron and lots of protein. But as the kids in our “food appreciation” classes learned this week, beans do not provide the complete protein needed to grow […]
Tags:beans·lowcountry·rice
Rummaging through the freezer the other day, I came across snack bags stuffed with last year’s carrots. They’d been cooked, stored and forgotten. I pulled some out to defrost and discovered they make a wonderful meal, simply heated in the microwave. The carrots are still tender and sweet–hard to tell they were harvested 8 months […]
This meal starts with the roasting chicken we received in our weekly CSA package from farmer friend Brett. This is not to be confused with the stewing hen I wrote about a couple of weeks ago. Brett, being a man of many facets, deals in two kinds of chicken. One, the laying hen, needs to […]
Tags:chicken·dark days challenge·rice·root vegetables·winter squash
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