While I absolutely love living where I do and the loft lifestyle, there is a very small part of me who misses my garden crop. Only once in my life did I ever successfully grow a garden ~ but it was a magical year. The zillions of zucchini and beautiful bounty of spaghetti and “squtternutbash”…
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I was so looking forward to a garden full of squash this year. Alas, my less than green gardening thumb elicited only a few carrot sprouts, a pitiful summer squash bouquet, and a boatload of tomatoes and potatoes. Needless to say, I’m a bit disappointed, but willing to search the cellar for last year’s leftover…
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Soup season is here, for sure. And, pumpkins abound. The winter warmth that soup provides is all too important this time of year, as we nourish and feed the heart and soul. I personally adore pumpkin in any and every way – especially with a savory spin, as well as with a little bit of…
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Now that autumn is officially here, folks are going crazy for pumpkins ~ and any type of winter squash, really. Butternut this, acorn that. I love to try my hand at using the more obscure sweet squash in my recipes: kabocha, delicata, hubbard, and a newly discovered “butterkin” (I believe this to be a cross…
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For all those locavores and proponents of eating seasonally, there are times and circumstances when I beg to differ… And I make a case for butternut squash. Or, as I like to say ~ squtternut bash ~ In fact, I believe I’d like to petition a name change for the “winter squash” mislabeling of this…
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