Whether you are carving Jack ‘O Lanterns or just breaking down pie pumpkins for your annual pumpkin pie, any time you cut into pumpkins you get pumpkin seeds. Like many seeds and nuts, pumpkin seeds are a good source of protein and various vitamins and minerals, which makes them a pretty decent snack. So I…
Pumpkin Butter
Last fall my friend Ami, sent me a jar of pumpkin butter from Trader Joes’. Apparently she didn’t think I’d actually go to the Trader Joe’s that’s less than a block away from my bus stop and buy myself a jar after hearing her rave about it. That and she’s just really nice. It was…
How To: Freeze Strawberries
Now that you have a couple good ideas for using fresh picked strawberries, it’s time to start thinking about heading to a strawberry farm for the morning and doing a little pick-your-own. There are some great places around the state, PickYourOwn is a great website to look up options near you. We’re lucky enough to…
How to: Roast Garlic
Roasted garlic is like nature’s savory candy, if there is such a thing as savory candy. Roasting takes garlic and mellows it out into this rich, mellow, garlicky flavor without the heat of raw garlic. It is amazing added to mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese sauce, spread on toasted baguette, mashed into butter, blended into…
How to: Caramelize Onions
I’m not the world’s biggest onion fan, especially raw onions that I feel like I can taste for the rest of the day. But then I discovered caramelized onions. Those are a whole different level of onion. They become sweet but still retain just a little bit of that onion bite. Caramelized onions are one…
How To: Make Gravy
One of the ultimate comfort foods for me is mashed potatoes and a good homemade gravy. I don’t really care what kind of meat comes with it – chicken, beef, turkey, even duck or goose as long as the gravy is done well. Gravy made from scratch is really the best kind and it’s also…
