Cooking with Pumpkin

Try using any variety of Sweet or Pie pumpkins for a ton of iron, fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C and antioxidants! It’s also totally delicious, and easy to cook with. Make your own from-scratch pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, pumpkin butter, etc. Slice the pumpkin in half (creating two symmetrical halves, except for the stem) and scoop…

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Summer Share 2010 – Week 22

Small CSA Contents: – 1 lb Italian Sausage – 4 oz chevre, goat cheese – 20 oz loaf pumpkin bread – 1 lb pumpkin sage linguini – 1 bag honey puffed spelt or 1 head cauliflower (Tremont) – 1 celery root or 1 large turnip – 1 bunch mustard greens Vegetarian and Vegan Substitutes:   –…

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Summer Share 2010 – Week 20

Small CSA Contents: – ½ gallon concord grape juice – 4 lb sweet potatoes – 1 bunch carrots – 1 lb “Maple Crunch” – 2 Red Bell Peppers – 2 Eggplant – 2 lbs tomatoes – Quarter peck Honeycrisp apples Vegan Substitutes: (for maple crunch) – Green leaf lettuce – Candy cane striped beets –…

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Making Apple Sauce and Apple Butter  

Don’t ever throw out any apples that are getting old in your refrigerator, may be bruised, or you just don’t have the appetite to eat.  Preserve them by turning them into apple sauce or apple butter. Apple sauce is very simple.  Simply peel and core your apples.  Add them to a heavy bottomed stock pock with about a cup of water, depending on…

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