Acushnet Farmer's MarketCranberry Nut Bread
3 cups fresh cranberries, cut in half
1 2/3 cups sugar
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 teaspoons grated orange peel
4 eggs (farm fresh are best!)
3 cups flour
1/2 cup coarsely chopped nuts (optional)
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottom only of one 9X5X3 loaf pan. Stir together cranberries, sugar, oil, milk, vanilla, orange peel and eggs in large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients and pour into pan. Bake 1 hour 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Loosen sides of loaf from the pan, remove from pan and place on wire rack to cool completely (about 2 hours before slicing). Wrap tightly and store at room temperature up to 4 days or refrigerate up to 10 days. Enjoy!
Harvest Time Easy Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce
It’s hard to believe its that time of year again, our annual cranberry harvest. A time where family and friends come together to help us harvest our crop. I hope for a sunny, warm day with a crop that makes my husband proud. I’m thankful for the many hands that make it seem so easy.
What follows is my favorite easy recipe for cranberry sauce.
Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce
4 cups fresh cranberries (no need to cut them)
2 cups sugar
1 cup cold water
Mix together in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, and cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the stove and cool. Keep in refrigerator. This makes 2 pints of sauce.
DELICATA SQUASH
If you’re a fan of butternut squash, you are going to love delicata. I’m a fan of butternut, its probably my favorite, but unless you cook it in a microwave that tough outer skin isn’t easy to work with.
Here’s the good part–delicata doesn’t require peeling. They’re easy to clean, cut and cook with a creamy rich flavor. Roasting it in a metal pan will brown and caramelize it–simply delicious!
Roasted Delicata Squash
Serves 2-4 as a side dish
2 to 4 delicata squash
2 tablespoons olive oil
salt to taste
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Clean the squash by running it under warm water and scrubbing it with your hands. Cut it in half lengthwise. (easy deal) Scoop out the seeds and discard them, or if you know me, bring them to me and we’ll feed them to the chickens!
Cut each half into 1/2 inch segments and arrange them single layer in a metal baking pan. Coat with the olive oil and salt. The browning occurs when the squash and the pan meet. Roast 10 minutes then carefully flip them over and continue roasting for another 7-10 minutes until both side of the squash are golden brown, about 20 to 25 minutes
Cornbread with Fresh Corn
Cornbread with Fresh Corn
2 eggs-beaten
1/2 cup Wesson oil
1 cup self rising cornmeal (I like Hodson Mill all Natural)
1 cup of fresh corn (cooked and cut off cob)
1 cup sour cream
1/4 tsp. salt
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a loaf pan. Beat eggs and oil in large bowl. Add in the remainder of the ingredients and mix lightly. Bake in 400 degree oven 35 minutes. Cool 15 minutes on rack. Remove from pan and enjoy!
Would You Guess Lemon Ball Cucumbers?
Ok, maybe you guessed correctly! They are lemon ball cucumbers. If you know me you know that each year I like to try something new in the garden. One of them just happens to be the lemon ball cukes. They are unusual, looking like bright yellow balls, and no, they don’t have a lemon taste. Some say they are less bitter than the “regular cukes”. Sliced and on a platter, the unusual color gives a nice visual element.
These are an heirloom variety and have been around for a long, long time. Still, they are new to me, and may be new to you also. I find that there are two types of customers at the market-one type looks for, and buys the familiar looking vegetables. The second type-they seek out the “new” and unusual, anxious to try something different.
Stop by Saturdays 9 to 1. Maybe you’ll want to try something unusual too!
I really do have tomatoes…but this is another great zucchini recipe!
Ok, for weeks now I’ve been telling everyone, “the tomatoes aren’t ready yet, maybe next week”. Here it is August 10th and not a single red tomato. Mother Nature has not been kind in the tomato area. I have MANY green tomatoes, Big Boy, heirloom Debarao and some short vine variety. About 35 plants in all. Please be patient, I’m not. I can’t wait.
What I do have is a lot of squash, and a lot of squash recipes for you to try. Stop by the market, pick up some squash, some recipes, and who knows…..maybe next week I’ll have red tomatoes!
Zucchini Pizza Casserole
A tasty, tomatoey casserole Serves 6-8
Ingredients:
4 cups shredded, unpeeled zucchini
2 eggs (farm fresh are best!)
1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese 3-4 oz
2 cups (8oz.) shredded part skim mozzarella cheese, divided
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, divided
1 pound of ground beef (you can also use ground chicken or ground turkey)
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 can (15 oz) tomato sauce
1 medium green pepper, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
1 Heat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a 13 X 9 inch baking dish.
2. Place the zucchini in a strainer; sprinkle with salt and let stand for 10 minutes. Squeeze out moisture.
3. Combine the zucchini with the eggs, parmesan and half of the mozzarella and cheddar cheeses. Press into the prepared 13 X 9 baking dish.
4. Bake, uncovered, 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Meanwhile cook beef, onion, and green pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add tomato sauce, and spoon over zucchini mixture. Sprinkle with the remaining cheeses. Bake 20 minutes longer.
Enjoy!
Yet Another Idea for Zucchini
Zucchini Bread
This makes two loaves or four of the mini loaves and two of the small foil loaf pans.
3 large eggs (farm fresh are best!)
1 cup oil
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 cups flour
3 cups grated zucchini (skin and all-but I remove large seeds)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
Prepare two loaf pans with either pam cooking spray or crisco with a light dusting of flour.
Mix all ingredients. Alternate 1 cup flour and 1 cup zucchini to make batter easier to stir. Bake at 350 degrees about 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 15 to 20 minutes and remove from pan. (if you make the four mini loaves reduce cooking time to 35 minutes) The small foil pans take about 40 minutes.
Delicious and easy. You can also freeze the loaves once they have cooled off in a gallon ziploc freezer bag. These are great to make while zucchini is in season and then pop them in your freezer to enjoy during the winter months. You’ll appreciate it even more then.
Sautéed Summer Squash Medley
What Do I Do With All That Squash? Idea #1
Ingredients:
2 pounds mixed squash (yellow crookneck, zucchini, scallop squash) washed and cut into comparable slices
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 small onion, finely sliced
2 tablespoons water
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
1. Melt the butter in a large saucepan.
2. Add onions and sauté’ for 3 minutes.
3. Add squash, salt and pepper and water.
4. Cover and bring to a boil.
5. Reduce heat and cook until tender, stirring frequently.
Serving size: 6
Make your own sun-dried tomatoes
I can’t wait for our tomatoes to ripen. Looking forward to trying this recipe:
So how does one sun-dry tomatoes?
Easy. Same way you dry those herbs in your garden–set the oven to low (150-200) and bake them for about 4-5 hours, depending on the size of your tomatoes and the heat strength of your oven. Cut them into quarters and push the seeds out (or not).
Next, spread them across a baking sheet. I used a vented one for more even “drying.”
At this point, your best course of action is to monitor them throughout the process, turning when necessary. If this seems like too much work, you can always lay them out in the sunshine for a hot couple of days. Mother Nature does know what she’s doing!
via http://bloominthyme.com/2012/07/17/sun-dried-tomatoes-peppers/
String Beans and Pigs
Sorry, the string beans really don’t have anything to do with the pig. It’s just a prop because the string beans alone weren’t making a memorable photo on their own. The pig is really cute, and functional-his sides are chalkboard and that comes in handy on market days. Good eye appeal.
The string beans, they’re the Blue Lake variety which gives a good yield and great taste. Good combination. I like to drop them into boiling water until just tender, drain them, toss with a bit of olive oil and sweetened dried cranberries. Delicious served warm, or cold. Great summer side dish that’s quick, tasty and colorful on your plate. Oh, and also good for you. Stop by on Saturday for a basket of them. I think you’ll enjoy them. (and you’ll also get to see the pig in action!)
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