Dirt to Table Experiences
Dirt to Table Experience: Fresh Cabbage Slaw “Coleslaw”
You are thinking seriously? Really? She is sharing a basic coleslaw recipe with us today? Yes, I am sharing a basic, but fabulous coleslaw recipe with you today. Why is it fabulous? It’s fabulous because the colorful cabbage and carrots were taken directly from the dirt to my table. The flavors are crisp and fresh
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Dirt to Table Experience: Fresh Beet Salad
Okay, don’t say “Ewww beets!” I know that beets are a love them or hate them vegetable. I have a strong opinion about those who dislike beets, but have only experienced beets from a can or a jar. You cannot officially say you don’t like beets until you have done two things: You have eaten
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Dirt to Table Experience- Southern Sweet Chow-Chow Relish
I am smiling at myself. There things you don’t imagine yourself doing. I have realized that there are many things that could not be imagined at some point in my life, that became a reality at another point. Example, shoveling manure out of a wheel barrel into a garden plot and enjoying every minute. There
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Dirt to Table Experience- Clean Eating-Roasted Kale Chips
Happy New Year to you! May 2012 bring you peace and happiness. My resolution this year, it is to SIMPLIFY. I joked with a friend who also was making her resolutions, and she said that climbing Mt. Everest may be easier (laugh). I am not sure what simplifying means exactly for me except that I
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Dirt to Table Experience: Cauliflower Steaks with Olive Relish and Tomato Sauce
Would you have thought that you could roast and caramelize cauliflower to enjoy like a meaty steak? I raised my eyebrow initially at the idea, but with half a dozen heads of fresh cauliflower from the garden, we were ready to take our weekend dinner path in a different direction. I am not advocating that
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Garden Kohlrabi and Shredded Carrot Salad
Kohlrabi tastes a lot like broccoli with a crisp texture like a turnip. I dare say its mild and almost sweet. Kohlrabi is not a vegetable that I would have given even a glance at in the produce section or a farmer’s market. I would not even know what the heck do with it, if