• csa week 6

    [Image description] This week's ingredients from my CSA box are: Blueberries, Bok Choy, Green Squash, Onions, Arugula, Rainbow Swiss Chard, Pickles, Dill. This batch of pickles will be made with the...

  • csa week 5

    [Image description] Just an update on my dill pickles that I made using a recipe from the Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen. The pickles were delicious. It was a quick and easy recipe. With so few ingredients,...

  • csa week 4

    [Image description] My share of this week’s CSA box was arugula, a beet, green squash, cucumbers for pickling and lettuce. My lone beet was roasted to put into a salad later this week. I might prepare...

  • csa week 3

    - - ​The ingredients from my CSA Box, Week 3, were lettuce, escarole, spinach, Breadsmith pizza dough from Cranford, NJ and Antonio Mozzarella from Newark, NJ. My daughter and I split everything with...

  • csa week 2

    - - - On Sunday afternoons, Dreyers Farms, Cranford, sends out an email with the upcoming week’s CSA box contents. Before I receive my share, I begin researching new recipes. My share of the box last...

  • fast and easy

    [Image description] ​When I was shopping the other morning at Wegmans, I noticed in their seafood case fresh caught shrimp from North Carolina for $14.99/lb. I was looking for weeknight meals and shrimp...