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Apple Fritters

2 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon salt 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg 2 large eggs ½ cup milk 2 tablespoons melted butter, slightly cooled 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups peeled, [...]

2026-10-28T15:36:24-07:00October 28, 2026|Recipes|Comments Off on Apple Fritters

Firecider

Ingredients 1 onion, roughly chopped ½ cup fresh ginger root, chopped ½ cup fresh horseradish root, grated 10–12 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed 1–2 hot peppers, sliced (jalapeños or cayenne work well) 2 tbsp peppercorn 1/4 cup dried elderberries 1 [...]

2026-10-28T15:35:19-07:00October 28, 2026|Recipes|Comments Off on Firecider

Cabbage Rolls 

Continuing on with our cabbage parade...   Cabbage Roll Filling 1½ lb ground pork ¾ cup cooked rice 1 small yellow onion, finely diced 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 egg 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley 1 teaspoon kosher salt ½ [...]

2026-10-14T17:36:09-07:00October 14, 2026|Recipes|Comments Off on Cabbage Rolls 

Salted Honey Cookies 

One of my best friends is in town and we had her over for dinner last night. After we ate, we settled in for a round of cribbage while eating cookies and ice cream. You all know my ice cream [...]

2026-10-14T17:34:35-07:00October 14, 2026|Recipes|Comments Off on Salted Honey Cookies 

End-of-Season Ratatouille

Sticking with my theme of methodology over recipes, here is an end-of-season ratatouille Ratatouille is one of those recipes where I don't really think you can mess it up. It's basically an excuse to use up the last of the [...]

2026-10-13T09:21:03-07:00October 13, 2026|Recipes|Comments Off on End-of-Season Ratatouille

Marrow Bones

This past weekend we had a family come into the Farm Store and purchase 8 lbs of marrow bones. This reminded me that a) I love marrow and b) it’s marrow bone season, baby. Roast your marrow bones at 450º [...]

2026-10-13T09:19:47-07:00October 13, 2026|Recipes|Comments Off on Marrow Bones

Shepherd’s Pie

A little farm-kitchen note: If you have leftover vegetables hanging around your fridge, throw them in. Shepherd’s pie is one of those forgiving meals where the filling can change with whatever is coming out of the kitchen. For example, this [...]

2026-10-13T09:18:37-07:00October 13, 2026|Recipes|Comments Off on Shepherd’s Pie

Tomato Pie

This is a farm classic. Tristan created this recipe two years ago and busts it out for us at least once each tomato season. You can take two routes here: precook the tomatoes to make them a little more jammy [...]

2026-10-13T09:17:31-07:00October 13, 2026|Recipes|Comments Off on Tomato Pie

Elderberry Syrup

Ingredients 8 cups fresh, ripe elderberries, stems removed 1 cup water 2 tablespoons freshly grated ginger 2 cinnamon sticks ½ teaspoon cloves 16–24 oz honey Method Cook the berries.Add the elderberries and water to a large saucepan and bring to [...]

2026-09-17T13:03:01-07:00September 17, 2026|Recipes|Comments Off on Elderberry Syrup

Gumbo

Gumbo has a long history of being made with whatever the kitchen has on hand, sothis is the perfect recipe to flex those "inspired by" muscles.  Ingredients ½ cup fat of your choice (mine is butter) ½ cup all-purpose flour [...]

2026-09-17T10:34:38-07:00September 17, 2026|Recipes|Comments Off on Gumbo
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