Farm-Tested Recipes

Farm-Tested Recipes

Onion Rings and Fried Zucchini
Farm-Tested Recipes

Ham, Rice, and Winter Squash Casserole

That spring sunshine has been tantalizing me with its promises of warmth. I’ve been digging in the flower beds, poking in my herb garden. But come dinner time, it usually feels a bit more like the winter we’ve just left behind, and we’re in the mood for a meal to warm the insides.
Farm-Tested Recipes

Winter Squash and Rice “Laksa” Soup

This “Laksa” soup is a favorite way to eat winter squash — it has a bit of a bite, but is mellowed by the coconut milk.
Farm-Tested Recipes

Colache

Colache is a slightly spicy dish, but the zucchini mellows it. The corn adds a little crunch and a sweet taste, giving the colache several different layers of flavor. A delicious side dish for any Mexican meal! (It also pairs well with Mexican rice.)
Farm-Tested Recipes

Nana’s Zucchini Bread

This recipe is a favorite break-time snack with our garden shed crew! It’s moist and light because of the zucchini. Everyone–from the first-generation farmers to the third-generation grandkids–enjoys this bread. Make one loaf with chocolate chips and one without so you can have a slice for breakfast or dessert!
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Beet Fries

We accidentally discovered this new way to cook beets. The kids loved them, and so did the company who doesn’t like beets!

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“If more of us valued food and cheer and songs above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
(J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit)
“I have a comfortable home. My appetite is perfect, and I have plenty of food to gratify it. I sleep every night like a boy, for I haven’t a trouble in this world to disturb me.”
(David Grayson, Adventures in Contentment)
“If you could understand a single grain of wheat, you would die of wonder.”
(Martin Luther)
“Whatever happens during the day, I do my best to cook an evening meal… The worst part is working out what to make.”
(Helen Rebanks in The Farmer’s Wife: My Life in Days)
“We eat around the table together like this most nights, a family ritual, a coming- together. It feels wrong if someone is missing.”
(Helen Rebanks in The Farmer’s Wife: My Life in Days)
“I like looking at cookbooks for inspiration and presentation ideas, but the bulk of my cooking is done by instinct and either buying fresh seasonal ingredients or using up what I already have in the freezer, basing my meals around good- quality meat. I don’t want a recipe that calls for lots of things I don’t have, so I tend to avoid cooking from a book. I have learned how to cook from trial and error, watching and copying, substituting ingredients according to my family’s tastes, and experimenting.”
(Helen Rebanks in The Farmer’s Wife: My Life in Days)