Featured Item—Cauliflower Amazingly, I didn’t taste a bite of cauliflower until I was in my 30’s.It just wasn’t a vegetable my parents served.Once I started cooking for myself, I would eye the beautiful but mysterious-looking white bulbs in the store and think, “now how in the world do you cook that?”.I’m glad I learned, because …
Featured Item—Parsnips It may look similar to a carrot and comes from the carrot family, but parsnips are quite a different vegetable.Because they have no beta-carotene, parsnips are white.However, they are still quite healthful, boasting impressive levels of dietary fiber, potassium, folic acid, vitamin C and calcium.It is argued that they are actually sweeter than …
End of Season Thoughts While it has proven to be a lot of work, I have really enjoyed writing the Simply Fresh blog for the past three years. Needing to work up recipes has greatly challenged not only my cooking skills, but has taught me a tremendous amount about successful utilization of my CSA produce. …
Featured Item—Potatoes Did you know that potatoes have been around since 5000 BC and that North Americans are one of the largest consumers of potatoes in the world?In fact, Potatoes have been an essential crop for many countries.We can even thank the potato for partly populating the US. In the mid 1800s a huge wave …
Featured Item—Curly Kale Kale, a member of the cabbage family along with broccoli, cauliflower, collard greens and brussel sprouts, is what I call “King of the “H’s”: It is Hardy, Hearty, and Healthful.It actually gets sweeter in colder (even frosty) temperatures, does not lose its texture during prolonged cooking, is quite substantial and filling, and …