My Maine Ingredient: Storage Sweet Potatoes

My Maine Ingredient: Storage Sweet potatoes Many of us may not garden all year long, but if you enjoy cooking with local ingredients, you can stop by an indoor farmer’s market or join a winter CSA at a local farm. CSA stands for “Community Supported Agriculture”. Individuals pay a membership fee or “share” up front […]

My Maine Ingredient: roasted root vegetables and garlic

My Maine Ingredient: Roasted garlic and root vegetables Now that the gardens are finished other than some lettuce and various leafy greens, our family is enjoying the root vegetables that we have harvested. This week I had a craving for pizza and experimented with several different options for dinner. I’d like to share some variations […]

My Maine Ingredient: Cranberries

  My Maine Ingredient: Cranberries Thanksgiving Dinner wouldn’t be complete without serving some form of cranberries. Most people think about opening a can of cranberry sauce, but I would like to share a delicious recipe our family makes every year using fresh cranberries that will add a festive touch to your menu. Fresh Cranberry Relish […]

My Maine Ingredient: Spinach

My Maine Ingredient: Spinach Most of our garden is finished for the season, but we are still enjoying bright green spinach in a variety of salads, soups, smoothies, or braised with garlic as a side dish. Spinach, low in calories, but high on nutrition, is a versatile vegetable. Choose bright, vibrant-looking spinach leaves which are […]

My Maine Ingredient: Pumpkin

Pumpkin! Pumpkin bread, pumpkin ravioli, pumpkin pie, pumpkin soup—an assortment of our colorful pumpkins are waiting to be turned into a mouthwatering treat. Pumpkin is a very low calorie vegetable which contains no saturated fats or cholesterol; however it is very rich in fiber, and vitamin A. I thought that I would share this delicious […]

New England Succotash

Succotash: A simple, yet hearty New England dish No meal in American history is probably more famous than the “first Thanksgiving” at Plymouth, Massachusetts. Despite its notoriety, most of the actual menu remains a mystery. The Pilgrims and Wampanoags certainly didn’t dig into buttery mashed potatoes or a mile-high apple pie in 1621, but most historians […]