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Monthly Menu Planning

By Ang Jordan | Published: January 31, 2012
The latest Local Harvest newsletter contained a post about the benefits of monthly meal planning, a technique which coincidentally we just began implementing last month. Previously we’ve been fairly good about weekly meal planning, but doing it by the month simplifies everything by another degree. One of my goals, in addition to having a meal [...]
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Herb Day at Mobile Botanical Gardens

By Ang Jordan | Published: September 11, 2010
WHAT: Herb Day 2010, “Herbal-icious Desserts” WHEN: Saturday, September 18, 9am – 12pm (Registration and sales begin at 8:30am) WHERE: Mobile Botanical Gardens, 5151 Museum Dr, Mobile COST: $25 CONTACT: Mobile Botanical Gardens, 342.0555 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The Gulf Coast Herb Society’s annual Herb Day will feature the creations of Robin Lea, owner of Bayside Dinners, [...]
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Make Your Own Pickles

By Ang Jordan | Published: May 26, 2010
The advent of summer vegetables brings an abundance of cheap cucumbers at the farmers market – 3 for $1 – and $2 will buy you enough to make about two quarts of pickles. Experienced canners may find the the humble pickled cucumber old hat, but I always have an appetite for the cold, crisp refrigerated [...]
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Aunt Carol’s Greens and Potatoes

By Ang Jordan | Published: May 16, 2010
I was bemoaning the fact that I don’t care for bitter greens, and my husband’s aunt Carol suggested this recipe. We liked it so much we’re making it again this week. Here’s what I did: boiled about a pound of new potatoes in salted water. While they were cooking, I put a couple of tablespoons [...]
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Springtime, and the Livin’ Is Easy

By Ang Jordan | Published: May 7, 2010
It may not yet be summertime, but it’s a good time of the year for eating locally. I’ve been picking dewberries and got about a quart from our patch out back just today. Here’s tonight’s dinner: omelettes with beet greens and onions; a green salad with carrots, shredded beets, and toasted pecans; and a slice [...]
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In Our Kitchen

By Ang Jordan | Published: April 22, 2010
When we picked up our CSA share yesterday I also got some strawberries from a roadside stand (Nolte Farm south of Fairhope on 98). It’s a little place, adjacent to the strawberry field where workers bent among the rows, picking more fruit to refill the emptying tables. Just ahead of me, an older couple had [...]
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Lemon Curd

By Ang Jordan | Published: May 4, 2009
If you bought (or have) Meyer lemons and you’re looking for something to do with them, you should try making lemon curd. That’s what I did with the lemons I bought last week. If you’ve never had it, lemon curd is an irresistible confection of lemon juice (and zest), butter, eggs, and sugar. Use it [...]
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Recipes for Health Series

By Ang Jordan | Published: March 27, 2009
If you haven’t seen it before, you might want to check out the “Recipes for Health”:http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/series/recipes_for_health/index.html series from the ??New York Times??. Here’s their description: bq. Recipes for Health offers recipes with an eye towards empowering you to cook healthy meals every day. Produce, seasonal and locally grown when possible, and a well-stocked pantry are [...]
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