Savory Sweet Potatoes, Beets & Kale
Vibrant sweet potatoes and beets make up the base of this vibrant and grounding recipe. Don't be fooled by the colors. The beets are red, but there are also [...]
Grilled Ratatouille With Basil Vinaigrette
Summer cooking at its best is easy, colorful and uncomplicated. Ratatouille makes the most of the season’s vegetables like tomatoes, eggplants and peppers. This grilled [...]
Nettle Tea
Nettles are very nourishing and blood building. They relieve toxins, hot flashes, allergies and anemia–a wonderful addition to the diet. I brew up a large pan of nettle tea [...]
Clara’s Favorite Five Onion Soup
I lucked out – my daughter loves onions. In fact it is her second most requested soup besides miso. The onion family is large and [...]
Spiced Poached Pears with Cardamon Cream
In season, poached pears are a favorite breakfast side dish for my family. It takes just a few moment to quarter and seed the pears [...]
Potatoes – The Energetics and Nutrition of Our Favorite Root
"What we need is a few good taters." "Po-ta-toes! Boil them, mash them, stick them in a stew. Lovely big golden chips with a nice piece of fried fish." [...]
Oh, Honey! Bees’ Wonderful Gifts
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, [...]
Late Summer Corn & Squash Chowder
Delightfully warm and colorful this soup is one of my favorites on a cool late summer or autumn day, especially with a nice hunk of pumpernickel or other dark bread. [...]
Dutch Sage, Apple & Pear Sauce Cake
Grandma Niesing, a large Dutch woman, owned a rambling farm just down the road from my grandparent’s modest farm. Though not actually related, the families [...]
Clara’s Summer Salsa
Last summer Clara made salsa every few days. Which was fine, as we had an abundance of tomatoes, onions and peppers. We aren’t talking rocket [...]