The corn’s the star here, but we’ve added some horseradish to wake up the potatoes! I love salads that get better as they sit in the refrigerator! This combination of corn, potatoes, horseradish, and chives, invites seconds! The corn’s the star, but everything else, lightly dressed, is happy to lend flavor Pantry meal This was…
Month: May 2020
Lilac Syrup
Let’s eat the flowers! Lilac season is glorious, though fleeting. I look forward to these voluptuous May blossoms with great anticipation each year. With lots of old-fashioned lilacs on my property, I know I will fill my vases every day, and the scent will fill my lungs with spring. After a long winter and cold,…
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Sautéed Asparagus & New Radishes over Penne
It couldn’t be more perfect. Sunshine, blue skies, first of the season vegetables and flowers and temperatures hovering at 68. We’ve earned this! Last week, we had snow, but this week, we turned the corner into Spring proper. The rains coaxed the leaves on the trees, and finally warming temperatures encouraged the stubborn asparagus spouts,…
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Forbidden Rice with Wild Spring Vegetables
Ramps and fiddleheads join with the first asparagus to create a delicious dish using black forbidden rice. Wild ramps and fiddleheads have made their spring debut in Southern Vermont and at least one of them finds its way to our dinner plates most nights. Whether a simple sauté or soup, or a component in a…
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Mom’s Mayonnaise Cake, with a Twist
It’s a simple cake, no fuss and no frills. Quick to put together, and filled with memories. Once in a while, after school, if we were lucky, we found a chocolate mayonnaise cake waiting for us. We needed a treat this week, so I revisited this old recipe, which I’m sure was a standard in…
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Marinated Grilled Spring Ramps
The Northeast woods offer many treasures in early spring, and ramps are always at the top of my list! These wild members of the onion family, Allium tricoccum, might find their way into a soup. Or, perhaps they’ll dress up a pot of risotto, or liven a stir-fry. Almost every use is enhanced with a quick…
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Fiddleheads, Vidalia Onions, and Baby Potatoes
They are only here for a short while, so seek them out now! Our farm stand opened with lots of glorious spring flowers and a nice bounty of fiddlehead ferns! After prepping them, I decided to use the little fiddleheads with baby potatoes and Vidalia onions, which are also in season, although not grown here…
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May Day and Fiddlehead Ferns
Welcome May! It poured most of the day, so no May Pole or Morris Dancers this year, although we often celebrate the day even in the rain if its a gentle one! Sometimes we get lucky and May Day is a beautiful sunny day –– not always! May still happens. The rain this week is…
