Saturday we drove down to the Clark Fork Market in downtown Missoula. We got there at about 11:30 because, Hi we are summer people who like to sleep in. After getting stuck in a no parking zone in our bohemoth truck, we found a parking space across the river. As we crossed the bridge, we spotted a few dudes surfing the rapids. Once we made our way into the market…
My mom called yesterday to tell me I needed to go harvest some artichokes. I hadn’t been to the garden in a couple weeks, so the kids and I headed over. Coach Bob was standing guard, and everything looked beautiful in the cloudy sunset. We harvested four artichokes that are destined to drown in garlic butter tonight. I snapped a shot of the pathway through the farm as we were…
Last weekend, we headed to the garden to grab the rest of the rainbow carrots. The kids and I had so much fun pulling them up, “oohing” and “ahhing” over the colors and shapes. Each pull was like a new surprise. Would it be yellow? Purple? Pink? Orange? We ended up with so many carrots that I decided to make what has become a favorite in our house: Creamy Carrot…
This morning, my CSA delivery guy my dad brought us a gorgeous haul of colorful produce from Agritopia. So much goodness here. After tucking it all away in the fridge, my two little rascals chased me out of the kitchen and told me to “Stay in yours room!” (Leila adds an ‘s’ onto you and your, and I feel no urge to correct her). I had heard them whispering and…
Joe finally woke up without a fever this morning, but he passed it right along to Leila. So we started out another sick day at home with some Shirley Temple. Unfortunately for all of us, the song she sings about animal crackers in her soup will be forever stuck in our heads. We took a break from watching movies for a little Mexican Train dominoes action. Hobbs was the big…
Have you ever had fresh beets? Just-pulled-from-the-ground-greens-still-attached beets? If not, you’re missing out. They are tender and sweet, like candy. I know some of you are scoffing right now. Candy?? Really?? Really. Trust me. This time of year you should be able to find beets with the greens still attached at a local farmers market or possibly even the grocery store. The beets for this salad came in our CSA…
If you’ve ever met me, you might know I tend to geek out a little bit when it comes to local food. In fact, you might even call me a farm groupie. There’s just something about knowing where your food comes from and having conversations with the people who grow it. Imagine my delight when we moved to Gilbert and I found out we were a quarter of a mile…