Tag Archive: farm to table

Farm To Table: Delicious Slow-Roasted Tomato Sauce

Catherine Sherriffs

The beauty of growing many tomato plants is that you experiment with different varieties and have a consistent crop throughout the season. But when dozens ripen all at once, you need a plan. This delicious roasted tomato sauce is perfect for pasta on colder days and freezes well so you can enjoy fresh tomatoes all…

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Easy Recipe To Make Health-Boosting Kombucha

“Hey, what are you doing this weekend?”  “I think I’ll stay home and work on some old unfinished projects.” As we try to come to grips with the largest lockdown in human history, make-work projects are becoming a part of our new reality. I view it as the silver lining to this scary and long…
May 15, 2020
Eric Coulombe

Edible Weeds: Purslane Packs A Nutritious Punch

With the arrival of spring, it’s only a matter of time before weeds pop up everywhere. While many gardeners consider them to be undesirable, most are nutritious and delicious foods. In these times of uncertainty, it’s reassuring that we can find food sources outside of a grocery store. Purslane, Portulaca oleracea is one edible weed…
April 20, 2020
Caroline Rivard

“Farm To Table: Homemade Vegetable Broth

Who says leftover vegetable scraps are all destined for the compost heap? There are many good uses for them, and making a homemade broth is one of them! Lots of delicious recipes call for vegetable broth. From soups and risottos to couscous salads, cooking with broth is an excellent way to add extra flavor to…
December 6, 2019
Catherine Sherriffs

Fall Harvest: Roasting Pumpkins

Fun pumpkin fact: the world’s heaviest pumpkin ever recorded was grown in Belgium in 2016, weighing in at 2,624 pounds! A Connecticut man recently came close to breaking that record; his pumpkin weighed in at 2,294 pounds at the Topsfield Fair in Massachusetts. Unfortunately, there are many not-so-fun facts about pumpkins out there too, like…
October 17, 2019
Catherine Sherriffs

Farm To Table: Super-Detoxifying Beets

What’s not to love about beets? Easy to grow in the garden and nutritious to boot, these earthy beauties taste amazing cooked or roasted, pickled or raw. Better yet, they can be eaten from root to stem, making them incredibly versatile! Why they are good for you Beets are high in antioxidants and are natural…
September 4, 2019
Catherine Sherriffs