Central Texas Cheeses with Red Pepper Relish
Tonight’s dinner was one of the best kind: romantic, inexpensive, and no cooking involved. I bought all the ingredients for this cheese plate from Wheatsville Co-op and Greenling, but you can find Texas artisan cheeses and fresh produce at almost any farmers’ market in Austin. The whole presentation was ready from fridge to table in less than 10 minutes, except for the pepper relish which I made the night before. Tip: Wheatsville Co-op will often place very small pieces of local and other sustainably-produced cheeses in a basket together in the cheese cooler. These odds and...
Read MoreMy ode to Weelicious
Do you read Weelicious? If not, you should start. Weelicious is one of my favorite food blogs, written by busy model-turned-mom Catherine McCord. Almost every day she posts new, healthy recipes that feature fresh produce. Since the focus of the website is family-friendly food, the recipes are usually very simple to prepare. Tofu Packets are a perfect recipe to make use of the peppers, onions, and mushrooms in our local box this week. I adapted Catherine’s recipe to include a few more adult flavors, with a Thai focus. The veggies and tofu are steamed with a spicy Thai inspired...
Read MoreEasy Stewed Okra, Tomatoes and Peppers
How do you fix a broken tomato? Tomato paste! What’s spicy, green and red all over? A blog post with pictures of stewed okra, tomatoes and peppers on it! Knock knock. Who’s there? Okra. Okra who? Okra Winfrey’s coming over for dinner!! (That one’s not really funny unless you say the punchline out loud in your best Oprah Winfrey voice.) Ok, seriously. This is one of my favorite summer recipes. It uses delicious, healthy ingredients and requires almost zero skill to prepare, plus it’s vegan! Easy Stewed Okra Tomatoes and Peppers 1 onion 1 jalapeno pepper with...
Read MoreHow I Conquered Lady Cream Peas
The first week I ever ordered a Local Box from Greenling, I got Lady Cream Peas. I had never heard of Lady Cream Peas, and I had no idea how to cook them. I cowered from the peas and cooked other, more familiar things until the peas went bad and I had an excuse to trash them. The next time around I was determined to Do Better and I turned to the internet for answers. My old standby allrecipes.com didn’t have a single recipe, but lucky for me there are lots of local food bloggers talking about fresh field peas! Your Vegan Mom has a good recipe if you need to feed a crowd, and...
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