Thursday, November 4th, 2010
Ardenwood Farms is like Colonial Williamsburg Lite. And not having a large family to pile out of a mini-van at Ardenwood Farms made us feel a bit like adults without kids at Disney Land. We decided next time that we needed to rent some children for this colonial fall farm excursion on our SF Bay Area Fall Day Trip (or maybe parents would rent us, aka babysitters). The reason we probably felt this awkward was because we still joined in all of the family activities without a family in tow. I swear we didn’t jump ahead in line to make an herb sachet, or hop onto a pump-car on the train tracks, eat fruit off the trees, or take more than our share of popcorn from the sampling station or anything. However, jumping from one step of the kid filled straw bale pyramid to another step, while holding my husband’s hand instead of a small child’s hand, was kind of cute, I guess, like a first date or something. After that initial experience, I was a bit underwhelmed and ready to go after just viewing the pumpkin patch. Then, I was glad we stayed and paid to enter the historic farm with actors and everything. We did opt out of the family filled spooky railroad ride and walked ahead to the historic farm re-enactment portion and watched the blacksmith and kids making herb filled sachets. Then we wandered around the farm eating walnuts from one tree and an apple from another and then checked out the animals and picked our own popcorn cobs from the cornfield. From a mom visitor we found out that the weekend before there was a huge harvest event for families that attracted thousands of people. We were then relieved that we hit the farm on a rainy Sunday, free from the crowds.
On the way out we stopped at the Perry’s organic farm market and bought a winter squash and a kabocha squash for our fall cooking tradition. This year’s recipe happens to be a Gluten-Free Recipe. Check out last year’s SF Bay Area Fall Day Trip yummy recipe Pumpkin Tagliatelle Recipe from baking pumpkins we bought at a pumpkin patch on HWY 1.
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Tags: Ardenwood Farms, CA Day Trip, Fall Dish, Fremont, Gluten Free Recipe, Lemon Truffle Vinaigrette, Main Dish, Risotto, Salad Dressing, San Francisco Bay Area Day Trip, San Jose, SF Bay Area Day Trip, South Bay, South Bay Area, Squash, Squash Risotto, Vegetarian
Friday, October 22nd, 2010
Zach should really be writing this because this is a recipe that he and Lauren, a native Pittsburgh Polish friend, created. Come on Yinz guys, with the prep it takes to get this recipe off the ground, you would think you could write this post too! The recipe and interest in Polish food at large was inspired by Lauren’s grandmothers cooking of Kielbasa, Sauerkraut, Halushki noodles, and Perogies. When asked if Zach and Lauren ever ventured out to any Polish restaurants in Pittsburgh they remarked that Polish food isn’t really the kind of food you rush out to eat at a restaurant because it is often quite bland. Considering that Zach is also an expert in the bland food category, being from the Midwest and all where you eat stews, casseroles, and hot dishes all the time, it is a bit amazing that these two came up with such a killer recipe. Only kidding, these two are whizzes in the kitchen. The secret ingredients in this recipe is the combination of veal and and pork and the use of tomato soup for the sauce.
This Cabbage Roll Recipe even feels a bit classy served on top of their silky smooth, Creamy Mashed Potatoes (recipe below). It will brighten up any dreary fall or winter Sunday evening and feed you all week long.
Lauren & Zach’s Cabbage Rolls Recipe
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Tags: cabbage, Cabbage Rolls, Home Cookin', Main Dish, Original Recipe, Pittsburgh Polish, recipe
Sunday, September 12th, 2010
We made these stuffed peppers from a whole variety of peppers that we had in our CSA food box. The peppers came out looking beautiful and were fairly fast to create. Don’t forget to cover them in foil when you bake them so that they come out steamed and moist. Kellie has a “Camp Stuffed Peppers Recipe” where you grill them in stead of baking, check it out.
Stuffed Peppers Recipe
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Tags: CSA Box, Green Bell Peppers, Main Dish, Peppers
