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Lemon & Leek Kale Salad
Kale shares similar health benefits with its friend, Swiss chard. In addition to being a cancer-fighting and heart health-promoting superhero (thanks to all those antioxidants), kale’s omega-3 and...
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Wrapped up: Orange Sweet & Sour Cabbage Wraps
Cabbage is probably one of the most abused vegetables in town. On St. Patrick’s Day, it’s appearance is first upstaged by the potato, and then its nutrition is slow-cooked to near depletion. In picnic...
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Kohlrabi Dal with Aromatic Rice
Kohrabi is a member of the Brassica oleracea, or cabbage, family. Hugely popular centuries ago, kohlrabi has made a resurgence over the past several years, increasing in availability, thanks to its...
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Chickpea Flour Crepes with Savory Sautéed Veggies
Garlic scapes are the flower shoots that grow from the hard-neck varieties of garlic grown here on the farm. By plucking them from the plant, we encourage the bulbs to grow fat in the ground and...
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Salsa Fresca and Chicken Tostadas
With beautiful tomatoes, spicy peppers, pungent onions, and zesty cilantro all in one share, a batch of fresh salsa was calling my name last night. There are several hot peppers to choose from this...
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Tomatillo-Poblano Quinoa with Edamame and Basil
Poblano peppers are one of the most mild of hot peppers, measuring 1,000 to 2,000 Scoville Heat units. This is quite modest compared to, for example, it’s fiery relative the cayenne pepper, which has a...
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Herbed Pork Chops with Dijon Swiss Chard
Wet weather aside, I’m welcoming the cooler temperatures of late because they have allowed me to reacquaint myself with my kitchen. It seems like I’ve taken a hiatus recently from actually cooking....
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Green Tomato Frittata
I always consider green tomatoes a bonus veggie: An unexpected and tasty gift us CSA members get during the summer-fall transition of share season. For the most part, green tomatoes carry much of the...
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Celeriac Three Ways
The knobby warty exterior of celeriac, also called celery root, hides a delightful interior. Peel away the rough skin and inside is the smooth ivory flesh, a wonderful aromatic alternative to starchy...
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Sesame Napa Slaw
The delicate and pretty napa cabbage we found in our CSA shares this week regularly appears in East Asian dishes, from savory stir-fries to spicy Korean kimchi. Napa is specifically a Chinese cabbage,...
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Grilled Summer Squash & Brown Rice Salad
One of my favorite parts of summer is the time we get to spend cooking and eating outside. Grilling vegetables brings out a depth of flavor that just cannot be matched on the stovetop, and we’ve been...
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Cooling Watermelon & Cucumber Salad
Just as food effects our nutrition, it also effects our energy. A classic example of this is how we feel after eating a fast food meal of a burger and fries, versus how we feel after eating a...
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Asian Bulgur & Edamame Salad
Fresh edamame is one of the unique foods us CSA members are lucky enough to receive each season, but what exactly is it and what the heck should we do with it? Edamame is simply an immature soybean,...
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Herbed Acorn Squash & Quinoa Risotto
Autumn has arrived at Blooming Glen Farm, as noted most deliciously by the lovely winter squashes making an appearance in our shares over the last couple weeks. Autumn-time squashes, including acorn,...
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Sweet Potato Black Bean Chili
It’s hard to find a person who can’t appreciate sweet potatoes. They’re often something I recommend to clients who need to add a little more color into their diets — both literally and figuratively —...
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Sam’s Potato Soup
Blooming Glen Farm grows a really wonderful selection of potatoes. We’ve been introduced to a variety of potatoes this season, including Sangre, Purple Sun, Kerrs Pink and Purple Viking, along with...
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Raw Mediterranean Squash & Greens Salad
Happy Summer! As the temperatures rise this season, many of us find it harder to crank up the stove top or oven to get meals onto the table. This is a natural time of year to crave cooler, fresher...
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Cold Marinated String Beans & Scapes
Pick-your-own string beans are a sure sign that summer has arrived at Blooming Glen! Although we often don’t think about these beans as being particularly healthful, they actually have “impressive...
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Tabbouleh
Tabbouleh (also tabouli) is a classic Middle Eastern salad made from whole grains and highlighted by the fresh herbs, cucumbers, and tomatoes that are in season right now. The whole grains in tabbouleh...
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Rice & Beans
From Cuban black beans with yellow rice to Indian ramjah (kidney beans) with basmati rice, rice and beans is a classic, versatile dish that’s found throughout most cultures around the globe. Rice and...
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