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Seasonally Inspired Meals from My Garden to Your Table

18/09/2025

Simple pleasures always make rainy days a little brighter.

Harissa Olive Oil from Gettysburg Olive Oil Co. helps too.

15/09/2025

Teaching balanced, garden to table eating (and cooking) starts at home.

My 9 yr old made dinner last night 95% by herself, and I don't know who's more proud, me or her.

Meatloaf with Red Barn Farm Market at Harry C. Dehoff Farms ground beef and Stoney Lonesome Farm ground pork, topped with a Burning Hell Hot Sauce Crabby Hot Honey & ketchup glaze with sides of sweet potato coins, My Mother's Garden green beans and Flourish & Ferment Co. sourdough bread with a ☀️ punch of freshly squeezed orange juice, lemonade and bubbly water and followed up with Shaw Orchards apple strudel and homemade ice cream with Apple Valley Creamery dairy.

Taking a night off cooking has never tasted so good. 😊

11/09/2025

September, one of my favorite months for growing, harvesting, cooking, and eating.

Today is the perfect day to sow a few winter greens, harvest lots of peppers, and enjoy a comforting soup made with a bounty of local ingredients.

📸Corn & potato chowder with poblano peppers, North Acres Farm bacon, RED STAR FARM fresh corn stock, Apple Valley Creamery cream, My Mother's Garden onions, celery, garlic, scallions, smoked paprika, cumin, thyme, bay leaf, and of course, a little OLD BAY® Seasoning

This also makes a great vegetarian dish if you omit the bacon, or try adding crab, shrimp or bay scallops for additional protein.

Best served with a crusty loaf of sourdough from Sweet and Savory Cottage Bakery and Homestead or your favorite cottage baker.

09/09/2025

It's taken them forever to start ripening, but these heirloom tomatoes are hitting their stride.

07/09/2025

Caprese meets Panzanella...with a side of salmon 😋

📸Salad greens, fresh mozzarella, heirloom cherry tomatoes, pesto sourdough croutons (from Sweet and Savory Cottage Bakery and Homestead), torn basil, balsamic + shallot vinaigrette with pan roasted pesto rubbed organic salmon

04/09/2025

New month, new menu items.

I always have Falafel on my menu, but I like to switch up the preparation to match the season.

I bake my falafel and use a combo of canned and (soaked) dried chickpeas along with red onion, garlic, lots of herbs, cumin, serrano, h**p hearts, flax meal and EVOO.

This late Summer version is paired with harissa, crunchy lettuce, tzatziki, red onion, feta and rolled in lavash.

The perfect balanced lunch on the go.

29/08/2025

I've already stocked up on chicken for the month, make sure you do too!

Heritage breed, pasture-raised, soy-free, non-GMO

21/08/2025

I took the week off cooking for clients to focus on transitioning back to the school year, and to begin the process of transitioning the garden to a new season as well.

Whenever I pause my meal service, I like to offer my clients Market Shares to play with in their own kitchen.

Today's harvest did not disappoint and holds a bounty of possibilities for balanced, garden to table meals.

19/08/2025

The weather is hinting that Fall is coming, but the garden is reminding me that it's still Summer.

It'll be time for cozy dishes soon enough, but for now, I'm still enjoying fresh from the garden goodness that requires little to no cooking.

📸Gazpacho with pesto croutons
📸Pork Kabob with Mediterranean quinoa salad and tzatziki

16/08/2025

Dinner doesn't have to be fancy, and as an example of this, I give you the Hobo-pack! Perfect for camping, on the grill or in the oven. Hands off cooking, no clean up and kid approved.

Take your favorite seasoned, chopped veggies (I used a mix of potatoes, carrots, onion, peppers and green beans) top with a meat patty (I used a mix of ground beef & sausage with some s&p, garlic powder, Dijon & Worcestershire) top with your favorite bbq sauce (preferably from Burning Hell Hot Sauce) and finish with some shredded cheese. Wrap in a foil packet, cook for about 20 min @ around 400 deg until meat is cooked through and veggies are tender and enjoy!

14/08/2025

Summer salads are a thing of beauty, a true example of eating the 🌈 Many of the best 🥗 ingredients are just coming into their peak now, and last well into September.

📸Mexican Chopped Salad with romaine lettuce, fresh sweet corn, black beans, cucumber, bell pepper, Summer squash, scallion, cherry tomatoes and cotija cheese with Cumin+Cilantro+Lime Vinaigrette.

I can think of about dozen ways to switch up this salad to meet dietary needs or taste preferences, but here's a few...

•Add shrimp, salmon, chicken, steak or
taco meat.
•Sub shredded Mexican cheese, queso
fresco or omit cheese
•Sub Mexican Ranch, Cilantro Avocado
Dressing or Chipotle Lime Dressing
•Sub out or Swap in veggies
•Add crispy tortilla chips

13/08/2025

Simple ingredients, vibrant flavors, balanced meals. Seasonal eating makes adopting a whole foods based diet an easy lifestyle choice.

📸Shrimp Fettuccine with blistered cherry tomatoes, zucchini ribbons, light garlicky lemon-Parmesan cream sauce and fresh basil

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