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Scenes from the Garden. And ARTICHOKES!

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…

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Creamy Carrot Soup with Spinach Pesto

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…

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Saturday Sweetness

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…

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