Welcome back to Whole Grain Weekends, a space to share and explore cooking with whole grains!  Whole Grain Weekends will be happening in this space the first and third weekends of the month.  I’m going to post a recipe and photos, and at the end you can add ...
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Here we go.  Thanks for your patience – I made stock last week, but then some of our family got sick and drank it all up!  Plus, we’ve been busily getting ready for Halloween (someone explained all about trick or treating to my three year old – whoops – so we’re holding a non-corn syrup, ...
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Today, I’m so excited to bring you an interview with Pioneer Valley Heritage Grain CSA member and wonderful foodie blogger Elspeth, who can be found at Diary of a Locavore.  Elspeth, you may remember, did a really sweet interview with me last winter when she came out to get her share for her radio show, ...
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I never, ever used to plan my menus before last year.  I was way too creative, too talented, too cool to be hemmed in by something as fuddy duddy as a menu plan.  Right?
Before having a baby, this non-plan worked out sort of well.  Running to the grocery store to get ingredients in the midst ...
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Fall Menu, from last week:
Monday – leftovers
Tuesday – “Pasta” Lasagna, with layered wheatberries, fast tomato sauce, and goat cheese
Wednesday – “Roots and Red” Porkchops, Mashed Potatoes, Baked Beets, Harvest Bread (the Michaelmas Loaf from All Year Round – we made ours with hazelnuts, flax seeds, and apple chunks)
Thursday – Casserole, Cassoulet with Flageolet beans, local ...
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After I mentioned this combination last week, I made it again for family this weekend, and decided that I am officially obsessed with this combination.  Which means that I really need to share the recipe with you.
First, I should confess that I’m not a huge basil lover.  It’s a bit licoricey for me, but we ...
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This weekend, after a day spent grumpy for no real reason, I was reminded of this phrase:
How can I be of service?
Which was, for me, a needed reminder that our family’s intention  truly is to be of service, through our work, our personal lives, and this space as well.  We hope that this ...
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Guilt is such a funny thing.  Sometimes it seems as though we can get ahead only by feeling guilty, trying to work harder, and trying to control our world more.  And then, driven to the breaking point, we break a little, and in doing so, we relax our white-knuckled grip.  Instead of our world spinning ...
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Here’s the menu this week, folks, and a recipe soon to come!
In no particular order . . .
* Roasted Beet Salad with Hazelnuts
* Rye Grits with Bacon and Potatoes (*if* our meat share has any bacon in it!  from Whole Grains Every Way, Every Day by Lorna Sass)
* Farmer’s Cabbage Mushroom Pie (from The Farmer ...
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Hello folks – wanted to share some links to some of our wonderful CSA members, many of whom have blogs where they’ll be posting recipes and photos of the delicious meals they make with their shares!
Leslie Cerier – local cookbook author and chef, holds cooking classes, and has many whole grain recipes in her book ...
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