Pickled Radish Ingredients 1 bunch radishes, thinly sliced ¾ cup vinegar (apple cider or rice vinegar both work well) ¾ cup water 1 tbsp sugar or honey 1 ½ tsp salt Optional: garlic clove, peppercorns, mustard seeds, or a pinch of chili flakes Instructions Slice [...]

Thai Basil Eggplant I’ve said it before, but eggplant parm is one of my least favorite dishes. Don’t come at me. It’s the only thing I ever see people making with eggplant. It tastes weird and it’s [...]

Grilled Fried Rice And here is another installment of “Don’t toss it out! Toss it up!” People always throw away radish greens, and it makes me sad because they are tender, spicy, sweet, and a perfect [...]

Spicy Beef and Chilies on Cheesy Grits At the end of the month, the winter CSA has dwindled and you find yourself getting pretty creative. Supplementing with other produce becomes necessary, but you can still incorporate preserved cheeses, grains, onions, and roots. Stored [...]

Roasted new potatoes with garlic charred carrots and rosemary seared T-bone steak Classic Steak and 'Taters

Crispy Kale Chips Sometimes life just happens and you can’t get to your CSA produce. While this almost never happens in my home (massive veg hound over here!), I had to leave town right after picking up my [...]

Pad Prik Pao Ma Ku (Thai Spicy Eggplant with Beef)   I’m still on a Thai kick this week, and of course, it’s because I had a few eggplants from the CSA, which for me lend themselves to [...]

Pickled Red Onion Cups A sweet friend of mine introduced me to these fun pickled red onion cups that she served a delicious tuna salad on! Genius! So here's the recipe. Make a quick brine: Apple cider vinegar (2:1 ratio with water) Water Salt and PepperSugar [...]

We get soooo many beets throughout the year with the Rainshadow CSA. I honestly love the holy living hell out of them, but many find themselves overwhelmed with the sheer amount, or have no idea what to do with them outside of one [...]

This is an upstate NY special because of Irish salt mining operations that were prevalent up there. I don't cook these all the time, but when I'm missing the east coast I bust these out and am so happy every time I do...Whatever you do, [...]

1 lb. roasted sweet winter squash (such as butternut) ⅓ cup real maple syrup 1 can (16oz) full fat coconut cream or dairy cream 3 egg yolks 2 tsp. Vanilla 2 tsp. Cinnamon ¾ tsp. Nutmeg ¼ tsp. Sea salt Cut sweet winter squash in [...]

Winter Squash Cakes A Robin's Koginut would be a great substitute for butternut squash in this recipe. The Robins Koginut is a cross between a butternut and a kabocha, so it will have the flavor of the butternut and the smooth mouth feel [...]