One of my favorite dishes as a child was spaghetti with spicy Italian sausage, peppers and onions. Made with pork sausage, the dish can be a bit heavy and since the peppers and onions are mostly water and shrink during cooking, I feel like I’m not getting enough vegetables in the meal. This is my [...]
Archive for May, 2010
8 May
Seasonal Eating: Broccoli Rabe
Posted by spartana07 in Recipe. Tagged: broccoli rabe, easy, fast, pasta, Recipe, turkey sausage, whole wheat pasta. 1 Comment
7 May
Rhubarb compote
Posted by spartana07 in Recipe. Tagged: cinnamon, compote, easy, fast, Recipe, rhubarb, seasonal, spring. 2 Comments
The rhubarb season is a short one. Fresh rhubarb starts appearing at the market in early May and suddenly disappears just a few weeks later. I wanted to take advantage of this seasonal fruit (which is technically a vegetable!). I’ve made strawberry rhubarb pie in the past, but this year I wanted to try something [...]
5 May
Season’s first strawberries
Posted by spartana07 in markets. Tagged: asparagus, farmer's market, organic, rhubarb, strawberries, Union Square Greenmarket. Leave a Comment
I woke up early this morning and decided to use that to my advantage- at 8am I was one of the first people at the Union Square Greenmarket. If you like getting a chance to chat with farmers and ask questions, the morning is the best time to do it. There are no crowds and [...]
