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Garden Grown Chef Seasonally Inspired Meals from My Garden to Your Table

Looks like it's time for sauerkrauts and slaws! I love it when the garden decides my meal plan for the week. I think I'l...
05/07/2025

Looks like it's time for sauerkrauts and slaws!

I love it when the garden decides my meal plan for the week.

I think I'll be making some beet-kraut and pulled chicken tacos with chipotle-lime slaw 😋

Harvesting and eating a 🌈 of veggies feels like just the remedy for what has been a very 🌧️ week. RED STAR FARM contribu...
02/07/2025

Harvesting and eating a 🌈 of veggies feels like just the remedy for what has been a very 🌧️ week.

RED STAR FARM contributed the zucchini, cucumbers and cherry tomatoes for this week's meals. I've attempted to time most of my Summer veggies to peak in August, after my Summer vacation, but we'll see what Mother Nature thinks of that idea.

🍽️ Summer Garden Salad with cucumbers, carrots, cherry tomatoes, blackened shrimp from Louie Louie Seafood and tarragon + chive blue cheese dressing.
🍽️ Chesapeake Succotash with onions, garlic, sweet corn, zucchini, Lima beans, cherry tomatoes, Old Bay, basil and of course, butter with Burning Hell Hot Sauce Smoked Honey BBQ chicken from Red Star Farm

Summer is all about simple pleasures, and few things bring me joy like the combination of freshly picked 🫐 and 🍋 paired ...
27/06/2025

Summer is all about simple pleasures, and few things bring me joy like the combination of freshly picked 🫐 and 🍋 paired with coffee in my favorite matching mug from Ryanarts

🫐 from Shaw Orchards

The ability to create natural shade is a big advantage of raised bed gardening. Beets are more of a cool weather crop, b...
26/06/2025

The ability to create natural shade is a big advantage of raised bed gardening. Beets are more of a cool weather crop, but they were getting just the right amount of shade from the peas trellised on a cattle panel on their East side to thrive even in this heat wave 🥵

This heat 🥵 has pretty much wrapped up any remaining Spring produce, but I was able to harvest and use the last of the C...
23/06/2025

This heat 🥵 has pretty much wrapped up any remaining Spring produce, but I was able to harvest and use the last of the Chinese cabbage for this Eggroll in a Bowl.

It is a super versatile dish that comes together quickly. You can use shrimp, ground chicken, ground turkey, ground pork or seitan and serve over rice or cauliflower rice with gochujang aioli.

📸 Eggroll in a bowl with ground pork from North Acres Farm, Chinese cabbage, carrots, green onions, garlic and sugar snap peas all from the garden
👩‍🍳 👩‍🌾

Just when I thought I was going to have to start making soups again, the ☀️ is back! Cheers to the last week of local st...
18/06/2025

Just when I thought I was going to have to start making soups again, the ☀️ is back!

Cheers to the last week of local strawberries 🍓 🥂

📸June-bilee Spritzer: 🍓, beet, 🥒, mint, 🍋‍🟩, bubbly water or tonic (delish as is or with gin, tequila or vodka 😋)
📸Strawberry Fields Salad with Alkindus Butterhead lettuce, 🍓, red onion, feta, flank steak from Red Barn Farm Market at Harry C. Dehoff Farms and Gettysburg Olive Oil Co. Lavender Balsamic & Meyer 🍋 vinaigrette
📸 Sugar Snap 🫛 Salad with French Breakfast 🫜, pickled red onion, feta, fresh herbs and 🍓 infused white wine vinaigrette
📸 🍓+ chia parfait with cardamom + pistachio granola

I'm not loving this cool, damp weather, but the peas certainly are. Summer veggies often last into the Fall, but Spring ...
17/06/2025

I'm not loving this cool, damp weather, but the peas certainly are. Summer veggies often last into the Fall, but Spring veggies are fleeting and easily bolt or turn bitter as temperatures rise. Any week could be the last, so I'm enjoying the Sugar Snap 🫛 while I can 😋

📸 Asian Crunch Salad with Mizuna, Chinese golden cabbage, sugar snap peas, shredded carrots, radishes, crushed peanuts and Thai-Peanut dressing.

This could easily be turned in to a hot or cold noodle dish and would be great with tofu, shrimp, chicken, beef or pork.

Local 🍓 season is coming to a close here, but there's still time to make some strawberry-centric recipes, sweet and savo...
14/06/2025

Local 🍓 season is coming to a close here, but there's still time to make some strawberry-centric recipes, sweet and savory.

One of my favorites has been this Strawberry Fields salad. It is a super basic template that you can embellish with any number of things such as avocado, goat cheese, feta, salmon, chicken salad or chickpea salad.

📸 Butterhead lettuce, halved 🍓, chopped almonds, sliced shallots, vinaigrette with Lavender Balsamic + Meyer 🍋 Olive Oil from Gettysburg Olive Oil Co.

🍓 this season from RED STAR FARM, Shaw Orchards and my backyard 😬

This Garlic + Ginger Stir-fry is loaded with veggies from the garden like carrots, snow peas, tatsoi, chijimisai, Spring...
05/06/2025

This Garlic + Ginger Stir-fry is loaded with veggies from the garden like carrots, snow peas, tatsoi, chijimisai, Spring onions and Thai basil. This one is made with beef sirloin from North Acres Farm, but it would also be delicious with tofu, chicken or shrimp. Serve over rice or udon noodles.

Basic Stir-fry Sauce

1/2 c stock of choice
1/2 c coconut aminos, tamari or low-sodium soy sauce
2" ginger, minced
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 TBS honey or brown sugar
1 TBS corn starch
2 tsp sesame oil
2 tsp rice wine vinegar
2 tsp fish sauce (optional)
Chili flakes to taste

Enjoy!

Check out this Golden Beauty Chinese Cabbage 😍 This is my first year successfully growing it to full size without the ca...
03/06/2025

Check out this Golden Beauty Chinese Cabbage 😍

This is my first year successfully growing it to full size without the cabbage loopers decimating it.

I'm really excited to play with these in the kitchen for stir fry's, cold noodle salads, fresh cabbage rolls, maybe a hot pot soup...so many possibilities!

Bowls, salads, meals served chilled or room temp...it is the season of bold flavors, fresh herbs, crunchy veggies and ea...
30/05/2025

Bowls, salads, meals served chilled or room temp...it is the season of bold flavors, fresh herbs, crunchy veggies and easy cooking methods, where simple meal preparation is preferred to slow cooking. Because who needs to sweat in the kitchen when you can sweat in the garden or at the pool instead?

📸Argentinean Carrot Top Chimichurri Bowl with Flank Steak from Red Barn Farm Market at Harry C. Dehoff Farms
Cucumber 4 Bean Salad, Spinach & CousCous

Progress is slow, but I'm working on adding recipes to my website. In the meantime, here's a simple Carrot Top Chimichurri recipe, a perfect use for those farmer's market 🥕

1 c chopped carrot tops
1/2 c chopped fresh herbs (parsley, dill, tarragon, basil, oregano)
1 tsp dried oregano
1/2 small red onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 jalapeño, minced (or red pepper flakes to taste)
1/2 tsp sea salt, more as needed
1/2 TBS honey
Equal parts EVOO & Red Wine Vinegar to achieve marinade or sauce consistency
(~ 1/4 c each)

Enjoy!

I love taking special requests from clients. My version will always be a little bit lighter and updated for the season, ...
29/05/2025

I love taking special requests from clients. My version will always be a little bit lighter and updated for the season, but still have all the key flavors to satisfy a craving.

Try updating some of your favorite dishes for the season and see what new go-to's you can create!

📸 Bucatini with Clams, Peas & Spinach in a garlic, white wine sauce finished with lemon, parsley and chili flakes.

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