Year: 2008

  • Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta and Pine Nuts

    This recipe comes from the Washington Local and Seasonal Cookbook, a great find that features, oddly enough, recipes that are appropriate for the current season, and ingredients that are readily available in Washington state. As a former Brussels sprouts hater, I can pretty much guarantee that if I hadn’t already been won over by the […]

  • Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Mushrooms and Shallots

    This side-dish just looks like Fall. Once again, the interweb earned its weight in vegetables by providing a recipe to match what arrived in the CSA box: yams and cremini mushrooms! I wasn’t sure that the combination of mushrooms and yams was going to work out that well, but wow, was I pleasantly surprised. Roasting […]

  • Apple Bread Pudding

    Lisa made us personal-size apple bread pudding in ramekins the night Carrie came over for dinner.  We had a ton of apples from previous CSA shipments, and Lisa has recently been experimenting with Agave Nectar as a sweetner, so this recipe that Cathy found on About.com fit the bill. Lisa says: So, this recipe is […]

  • Dungeness Crab Soup with Cilantro Relish

    Carrie came over this week for dinner and we enjoyed this crab soup with a spinach salad and plenty of wine. The cilantro relish was a big hit, and though crab is expensive, it was totally worth it in this dish. We all loved it! The recipe comes from The Ultimate Soup Bible. Carrie says: […]

  • Acorn Squash and Wild Mushroom Soup

    This soup, adapted from this recipe, was great on a cold evening: a variety of mushrooms, a bit of pasta, and chunks of acorn squash swim in a delicious, rich, mushroom-y broth. A very simple recipe with a fantastic result — it’s definitely going into our keepers list. Chris says: Holy — this is one […]