Potato & Veggie Home Fries Oh how I love incorporating fresh veggies from the garden or farmers market into a dish where it’s least expected. One of my weaknesses is a crispy brown pan home fry. I don’t think I’ve ever met a potato I didn’t like. Now add in…
I love fritters. Love them, especially while they’re still warm. I like the sweetness of the apples combined with the savory breakfast sausage. Sausage & Apple Fritters are a nice side for breakfast or lunch, or alone as breakfast on the go. I’ve grabbed a fitter on the way out…
Pumpkin Chowder It’s damp and cool this morning, 46°, and I’ve been working on firewood. I want comfort food today even though I don’t particularly need comforting (but my muscles might by the end of the day), something warm and satisfying. The New England Pie pumpkins we were given were…
Strawberry Rhubarb Cookie Bars Early summer, the magical time when strawberries and rhubarb are ready to be picked at the same time. It’s a short window here on the homestead. Rhubarb pops up as soon as the ground thaws but strawberries are much later in breaking dormancy. Rhubarb starts to…
Ranch Dressing Recipe This Ranch Dressing recipe is the other half of an episode of On The Fire. Rather than try to put two recipes with a long list of ingredients together on one entry I decided to separate them. Simple is good. Ranch dressing is great on salad and…
Italian Dressing Recipe Tis the season of salads! This is my standard Italian Dressing recipe. Of course it’s great for a veggie salad but I also use it in pasta salad and as a marinade for chicken. You can use this as soon as you’re done mixing it up or…
Grilled Stuffed Mushrooms Have you ever grilled stuffed mushrooms? I used to always put them in the oven but since buying a grill that has a thermometer – in the grill they go. They get the little bit of smokey flavor from meat juices dripping on the heat, giving them…
Dandelion Fitters – Wild Harvested Appetizer Wild harvested dandelion fritters -doesn’t that sound nicer than going out to the backyard to pick the flowers off what most people think of as a week? When I was a kid we picked the flowers with the longest stems. We held them just…
Lemon Custard Recipe Custard is one of those foods most people could give or take. I love a flavorful custard. Bland? ehh…I’ll pass. It’s easy to add flavor, especially something as simple as lemon custard. You need the zest of two lemons. That’s all. I’ll add variations to the end…
Hazelnut Crusted Trout One of the best parts of spring, at least for me, is open-water fishing. The only place we’re finding open water this year in early April is streams and the outlets of lakes and ponds. They’re great places to find brookies and salmon. We like to make…