Sustainable Pantry

Stuffed Cabbage Redux

Alexa — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:48:04 +0000

This week’s Golden Earthworm’s CSA box included a very large and beautiful green cabbage. So what to do with this healthy leafy green now that it’s in season? Stuffed cabbage! For the stuffing, I decided to go in a fresh vegetarian direction and used lentils and Israeli couscous (trusty pantry staples they are). They work [...]

Mushroom and Polenta Squares

Alexa — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:19:43 +0000

I love polenta. It is one of the quicker cooking whole grains (done in under 20 minutes), and it is extremely versatile. It can be cooked into a layered casserole, made smooth and creamy, or it can be baked and cut into squares, which is what I did tonight. I made this dish with kale, [...]

Homemade Cheese (Video)

Alexa — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:49:04 +0000

Homemade cheese might sound like a ridiculously scary undertaking, but it’s actually so easy that not only did I make it, but I made it while making a video about making it. I’ve been using this super-simple recipe from Madhur Jaffrey’s ‘World Vegetarian’ for a few years now, and it never fails. The resulting cheese [...]

Summer Squashorama–5 ways to use zucchini

Alexa — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:37:02 +0000

Golden Earthworm farm harvested hundreds of pounds summer squash last week, and we scored ten in our CSA box Tuesday night. Summer squash is in peak season all around the US right now, so there’s a good chance you’ve been seeing it in your local farmer’s markets and CSA boxes. We got a serious lesson [...]

A Midseason Night’s Pasta

Alexa — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:21:02 +0000

Tonight was the 13th of 26 weeks of our wonderful CSA from Golden Earthworm Organic Farm. Apparently, it’s zucchini-time at the farm ’cause tonight’s share included (count ‘em) 10 pieces of summer squash (8 green and 2 yellow); also in tonight’s box: garlic, tomatoes (beefsteak and cherry), green peppers, eggplant, basil and arugula. It might [...]

Sustainable Snacking: Granola Balls

Alexa — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:43:48 +0000

Last week we were fully sustainable, meaning that everything we ate for 7 days straight was made from scratch in our kitchen. No ordering in dinner, no buying breakfast on the way to the subway, and no grabbing a mid-afternoon snack at work…and we think that if everyone knew how easy it actually is to [...]

Invest a little time, make a lot of dough

Matthew — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:08:25 +0000

Making bread and pizza at home is all about planning. Once you’ve got the timing right, it requires very little active work. I hadn’t made bread at home in over a month since we had been out of town, and well ya know, summer… but when I saw artisanal multigrain loaves in the store selling [...]

Farm Fresh Ratatouille

Alexa — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:11:15 +0000

Tonight’s box from Golden Earthworm contained eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes and onion (among other things)…And when I saw the contents, ratatouille came to mind. If you’ve ever seen the movie Ratatouille, you know that the dish ratatouille is a rustic French vegetable stew. (If you haven’t seen the movie, I strongly suggest you do so before [...]