Author Archives: csamom

About csamom

Living in Eastern Washington State for the past 15 years, I appreciate the wonderful produce we have available here. I am a working mom, with the typical active family. We have two children, a cat, a fish, and a snake.

Easy Peasy Apple Tart Tartin

Posted on January 1, 2014

Having ordered several pounds of apples a while back, we needed to get on using them!  My daughter and I were “inspired by” (her more polite term for bastardization) a larger tart, but we decided to make individual tarts that … Continue reading →

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Hearty German Potato Soup (Crock Pot easy!)

Posted on December 30, 2013

I found a recipe last Fall in my Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook for German Potato Soup.  I was looking for a potato leek soup to use some aging leeks.  This recipe appealed to me because it had cabbage, which meant … Continue reading →

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Winter Box #3 – B is for Beets and bok choy,

Posted on December 28, 2013

C is for carrots and chard. I absolutely love the color variety in the baby carrots (orange and yellow and purple) and the Swiss chard (yellow and red stems)!  With all those vivid colors, it has to be healthier, right? … Continue reading →

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Box #2 – Greens and Potatos and Turnips, Oh My!

Posted on December 17, 2013

We are eating quite well this winter so far.  Box #2 had Swiss chard, organic salad greens, spicy salad greens, spinach, fresh sage, two types of radishes, turnips, and Yukon Gold potatoes. And I have been substituting up a storm … Continue reading →

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First Box of the Winter Season

Posted on November 10, 2013

It has been an odd summer.  My farmer was having problems with his web site, so I was unable to place orders for quite  a while.  I also have a hard time ordering by 9:00 AM the day before the … Continue reading →

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Rhubarb Strawberry Jam with Butter Mini Bundts (w/Guest Author)

Posted on July 1, 2013

This dish was a collaboration with my daughter.  She has been wanting to write for the blog, so she did the cake recipe (It was based on a recipe in her cookbook). First the Jam.  It is a refrigerator jam … Continue reading →

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Truly Unexpected Volunteers!

Posted on June 24, 2013

We compost our vegetable waste, coffee grounds and corks.  Last winter, for the first time, I kept adding to the compost all year long.  In the Fall, it was a little surprising to open the container and have steaming, stinky, … Continue reading →

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