Voli Me Plyguri
Greek meatballs with beef and bulgur, simmered in tomato sauce and served with baba ghanoush in freshly made pita---the perfect post-grape harvesting dinner!
Category Archives: Veggies and Salads
Rhubarb-Beet Pot Roast
A homey pot roast with an unusual flavor base of rhubarb, ginger, honey, and beets!
Sunrise
Celebrating the first heirloom tomato of the season, as orange and golden as the summer sunrise!
Cajun Casserole
Cajun-spiced turkey breast with honey-grilled corn on the cob and a zucchini-rice casserole so filling it could be a meal all on its own!
Green and Scarlet
Lemon-roasted salmon fillets, served with garden-fresh green beans and hand-whisked gremolata aioli.
A Tale of Two Peppers
Here's a stumper: One carton of six plant starts, but three grew big green peppers and three grew tiny red ones.
Kerplunk
Moist tilapia stuffed with ruby chard and salty feta, topped with a lemon-dill beurre blanc---a nice light summer dinner.
Let Me Count the Ways
Pasta embedded with zucchini, creamy zucchini-spinach soup, and even zucchini brownies---yet more ways to eat up that prolific pile of squash.
Weedeater
Purslane, a widely available wild succulent, may change your outlook on weeds!
Semiprecious
Candied zucchini jewels and a crunchy lemon glaze crown an incredibly moist zucchini bundt cake.
In the Trenches
This year's rendition of stuffed zucchini has a Mediterranean spin, with ground turkey, fresh herbs, feta cheese and wehani rice, plus an irresistible tomato sauce.
Smoky Barbecue & Potato-Beet Gratin
Succulent smoky chicken with peach barbecue sauce on the grill still can't hold a candle to my potato-beet gratin, believe it or not!
Opening Sallies
Pickles, fritters, and a summery pasta dish that highlights zucchini in two ways: sauteed with red onion, and ground raw into an herby pistou that clings to the pasta with a splash of cream.
Suburban Jungle
An update on the exponential growth of our community garden plots for the month of July 2011.
Vampire Carrots
For the first time ever, I met a parsnip I actually liked, spun into a silky, savory puree.
Smoke Signals
Whole smoked trout, wrapped in bacon: delicious filleted with green beans, divine fried into croquettes!
Leftover Night: Local Edition
Playing blog catch-up with some light meals based on local produce from our home garden and farmers' market.
The Verge of Vacation
Homemade French dressing, pickled shallots, and cauliflower frittata on the verge of vacation.
Notes from Above the Ground
A May garden update, and a trip to the Denver Urban Homesteading farmer's market.