It seems this year we’ll be harvesting one thing after another. I’m not complaining (mostly!), but it’s like a second job. One that I love, but still time consuming. There’s something very gratifying about being able to produce a lot of food on our property. Along with what my neighbors share, it’s a lot…
Author: Lanie Fioretti
My name is Lanie Fioretti and although I am not a classically trained chef or a degreed nutritionist, I have been studying food and nutrition voraciously since the early seventies. After working in public health and private practice for 22 years, I retired my dental hygiene license. I have taught cooking classes at Whole Foods and Central Market, done product development for a bakery in east Texas, catered, and been a personal chef. I usually think of myself as an improvisational cook!
Butternut Squash and Buckwheat
PrintButternut Squash and Buckwheat Ingredients2 TBSP soy sauce or tamari 1 clove garlic, pressed 2 TBSP minced parsley 2 TBSP minced chives or green onions 1 TBSP minced rosemary 6 sage leaves, minced 1 tsp honey 1 tsp molasses 1/4 tsp pepper 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil 1/4 cup cider vinegar 1 cup cooked…
Chorizo Stuffed Beef Roll (Slow Cooker)
I guess I was inspired by the lunch at Wildfire last week, and by things that needed to be used when I was shopping in my freezer. Now I have nothing against pork stuffed pork, but I had a beef roast I wanted to use. If you decide to stuff a beef or pork tenderloin,…
Pesto Chicken
I love a good and easy recipe, and it just doesn’t get any easier than this. And yes, it’s delicious. PrintPesto Chicken Ingredients4 skinless, boneless chicken thighs 1/2 cup basil pesto 1/4 cup tomato pesto or bruschetta Salt and pepperInstructionsHeat oven to 350° Place thighs in a greased baking dish. Spoon basil pesto onto thighs….
Cover Crops for the Garden
I have a line up of seeds for cover crops in the big garden (Don’s garden). Typically we plant legumes to get more nitrogen into the soil. And eventually the plant litter should help develop more humus in this sand. Also, this year I started scattering legume seeds to grow around particularly heavy feeding plants…