I mentioned last week, that we fortuitously got new potatoes in our CSA share last week. We roasted them on the fire to complement our salad. We got more this week, and since we were indoors during the weekend prepping for our upcoming vacation, I put together an indoor version of roasted potatoes. If you’ve been reading for awhile, you will know that I love roasting veggies. These potatoes are extra-special because, I also found one of my favorite alliums – garlic scapes, at

This should be my last morel-specific post for awhile. If you are interested in morel preservation and general mushroom hunting make sure you check out the previous posts. Also, this great article from WSU news, on the “Shroom Boom” of the PNW, can attest that we are not the only ones obsessed with these amazing fungi this year! Stuffed Morels – these recipes to me feel like they are approaching some pretty serious gourmet decadence. At the same time, they were actually prett

This one is NOT a Morel! Don’t eat the brainy ones… To top it all off -we went out to cut a lovely bouquet of flowers from Sunshine Flowers. The dinner this all inspired was rich and delicious! A couple of small, grilled, slider-esque hamburger patties made with local beef. These were accompanied by a nice big slice of baked sweet potato (not local, sorry – but if you have regular potatoes, carrots or some winter squash still in storage, those can just as easily accompany thi

It is now April and the daffodils have been transitioning into tulips. I even saw some lilac buds beginning at the WSU campus. Things are feeling a bit lean on the local food scene these days and I confess I went to my favorite warehouse store last weekend. It was a busy week and unfortunately our own food scene suffered a bit. With a busy weekend coming up I wanted something that could go beyond Friday night dinner. At the core of the meal is ground beef from Palouse Prairie

I’m busy! Grad school is demanding and feeding myself and my hubby every day, three times(!), can be a real challenge. Especially because we like to eat well, and are on a budget. It seems like most of us live in a time (and money) deficit these days. Not having enough time to cook can be a real obstacle to eating in alignment with your values and can drain your wallet as more convenient options are found. One of the ways we attempt to overcome this obstacle, is by cooking a