Archive for Category: "Food"

Farm Share: Week 4

Farm Share: Week 4

Week 4: 1 really large Tomato 3 Summer Squash 3 Corn 1 Cucumber 2 Eggplant Basil 1 quart blueberries 1 bunch kale 1 bunch watercress This was a good week! We’ve already gone through the blueberries, 1 squash, the tomato, 2 eggplant and some basil. The cucumber and watercress will be for salad later this [...]

Farm Share: Week 3

Farm Share: Week 3

Week 3: 1 large Tomato 3 Zucchini 1 Cucumber 4 small Onions Basil 1 quart blueberries 1 head Iceberg Lettuce Wasn’t much this week as we’ve already gone through the blueberries, 1 zucchini and 2 onions. The lettuce, tomato and cucumber will be next so this week will be pretty good and we shouldn’t waste [...]

Farm Share

Farm Share

I recently joined a farm share by Silverbrook Farm through work and I must say, I’ll be posting the pictures of the veggies that I get weekly since I get so excited every Monday when I pick up my produce. I am constantly amazed with the colors, the smells and the taste of the fruits [...]

Cooking with Kurt: Quick Hearty Pasta Sauce

I’ve been really lazy and haven’t been getting tomato purees so I just get the regular jars of sauce. Just plain sauce with the lowest calories. Then add a ton of veggies! It is a cheap and healthier alternative to regular sauce and the best part is you can freeze it for the future! Ingredients: [...]

Cooking with Kurt: Udon Noodle Soup

Cooking with Kurt: Udon Noodle Soup

No meat in this, but I did put in some tofu. I did also use organic chicken stock but you can substitute with vegetable stock too (we didn’t have any in the house). I had a lot of noodles and I’ve been on an Asian vegetable kick so I wanted to make something new and [...]

Cooking with Kurt: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Cooking with Kurt: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

So I had a craving… for cookies and chocolate.  I started my search and landed on peanut butter chocolate chip cookies!  Awesome!  So I found this recipe and I want to share it with you all!  Be sure to read my notes at the end http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Chewy-Peanut-Butter-Chocolate-Chip-Cookies/Detail.aspx Ingredients 1/2 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup peanut butter [...]

Lots of events this week… and the weekly menu [July 26-30]

Last’s night’s Boston WordPress Meetup was great, with a lot of people attending. Videos, slides and other notes will be available soon. In other news, TEDxBoston is this Thursday. Stay tuned for a new Live Blogging system that I am currently putting in place. strong>Breakfast Yogurt Lunches are a la carte [Yes again] but will [...]

Cooking with Kurt: Spinach Squash Pie

Cooking with Kurt: Spinach Squash Pie

This is my adaptation on Greek Spinach Pie (spanakopita) only I used a puff pastry dough since I couldn’t find Filo dough. I also made this a 2 layered pie with spinach/goat cheese as 1 layer and summer squash/onion as the other layer. For future recipes, I will make this 1 layer and just make [...]

Weekly Menu: 19-23 July 2010

I’ve been oh hiatus because I’ve been on vacation! Went to Portland Maine which I consider to be the east coast San Fransisco… only with beer instead of wine! I’ll need to review later but for now, let’s get back to it! Breakfast Yogurt Lunches are a la carte [Yes again] but will probably be [...]