Monthly Archives: October 2011

Walnut Kale Salad with Fried Eggs and Toast | Recipe Card

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This Homegrown Food Challenge recipe was suggested by Art and Lemons, in addition to their suggested recipe for Homemade Pasta with Butternut Squash and Fried Sage Leaves.

I used fresh kale as well as Swiss chard.
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I sprinkled chives and parsley over the eggs for extra flavor.
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The walnuts and dressing.
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I was laughing at myself for putting black walnuts on my ingredients list. The ones I used were actually harvested 2 years ago, but I never got around to eating them, the main reason for that being that the shells are extremely difficult to crack. For these, I used a table vice and some vice grips, well above the average tools needed for liberating nut meats from their shells. It was a good exercise nonetheless so I at least know what I’m in for next time I want to eat some black walnut. If anybody has a better method of opening them, please share.

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Dreaming of a…White Halloween?

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A little snow dusting before Halloween is not unusual, but you turn a little dusting into 12 inches of snow and couple that with the fact that barely any leaves had fallen off the trees and you have a state of emergency.

This past weekend, the entire Northeast part of the country was greeted with the unusual occurrence of October snow. Being that we are in the pioneer valley, an area of Massachusetts that is prone to hard hitting storms, we experienced some of the mightiest power this storm had to offer. During the height of the storm, you could hear what sounded like perpetual shotgun blasts (tree limbs snapping) and could see what appeared to be a lightning storm (transformers blowing all over town).

As of now, 80% of residents in the area still have no power. If you take a drive around, there are still plenty of downed trees and power lines, and most commonly, downed trees wrapped in power lines. Here are some pictures from our yard that show what this looks like out our window. Trust me, this is nothing compared to other scenes from this area.

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Summer Tomato Soup | Recipe Card

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On the eve of our first major snow storm of the season, nothing screams warmth like a nice bowl of hearty warm soup. A big thanks to Family Friends Food Fun for this amazing Homegrown Food Challenge recipe for Summer Tomato Soup. I know, the irony of saying how perfect this ‘Summer’ soup is as we welcome the cold into our lives.

I typically eat fennel raw, so it’s great to have recipes that call for it as an ingredient. I’ll surely miss having fresh tomatoes to make this recipe and others that call for them, but at least we have a good amount of tomato sauce and deydrated tomatoes to get us through the winter.

Check out this write-up from the recipe’s creator Family Friends Food Fun and enjoy the poem, Ode To Tomatoes, by Pablo Neruda: Got Tomatoes?

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