I did promise a post about that too, didn’t I? Last post for the night, and then I’ll be mostly caught up. (: Thanks for bearing with me! So like any crazy person who plants zucchini, we’ve already got plenty growing off of just one plant. And of course, there’s some in the CSA box. […]
PB&C
Nope, that PB doesn’t stand for peanut butter. It stands for parsnip and bacon. The C is for carrot, and together, they make a pretty awesome sandwich. We’ve been doing a lot of sandwiches lately in the Pasto household — they’re tasty and quick to put together, but you can still dress them up to […]
Peach-Ricotta Open-Faced Sandwiches
A few months ago, I read a cookbook called ‘wichCraft, by Tom Colicchio and Sisha Ortuzar. It’s based on the menu of the restaurant of the same name. The book’s pretty cool — the pictures are gorgeous, and what recipes I’ve tried out of it have been tasty. The emphasis, obviously, is on sandwiches and […]
CSA Adventures – Week of June 18
Sooooo, this is what I got in my CSA box this week: Uh, yeah. Now, the blackberries have mostly all been eaten already. The last of them are baking in a cobbler in the oven right now, and the rest of them were eaten fresh. The snap peas and some of the carrots went to […]
Garden Update
I am SO backlogged on posting. To be honest, the summer is the busiest time of the year for me — and not just because of the yard! Here are pictures of how my garden’s grown from the last time I posted to … er … about a week ago when I took these photos, […]
CSA Adventures — Let’s talk about CSAs
As you may or may not know, we’re subscribed to a CSA over here at the Pasto household. CSA stands for “Community Supported Agriculture”, and what this means is that we pay for and receive a box of produce every other week (soon to be every week) from a local farm. In specific, we’re with […]
Basics: Hummus Wraps
Lunch for me is usually something pretty basic, constructed out of what was in the fridge. That doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be talked about — I don’t know about you, but I always forget that simple is good. Lunch today was simple. And good. Hummus Wraps Whole-wheat tortillas, one per person. More if you’re hungrier. […]
The Mini-Farm
I want to ramble about my yard for a bit. Well, actually, I want to ramble about a bunch of things, but it all ties into our berry bushes, fruit trees, and most recently, the three veggie boxes we’ve been putting in over the past few weekends. I got interested in growing my own food […]
IMPROV: Sweet Potato-Guacamole Sandwich
Ever have one of those days where you look in the fridge and say to yourself, “Man, what do I DO with this stuff?” I have those often enough that I thought an “improv” section would be appropriate. So, ‘long about Thursday lunchtime, I looked in the fridge and had one of those moments. (Yeah, […]
Smoked Turkey Tetrazzini
The original Tetrazzini was one Luisa Tetrazzini, an Italian opera star. Legend has it that a chef at a hotel invented this dish in her honor, sometime between 1908 and 1910. Since then, it’s evolved in many ways, but remains at its roots a creamy pasta casserole with mushrooms and a non-red meat. This version […]