Category: Side Dishes
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Tomato Salsa
I read that Southern Californians are having a hard time with their tomatoes. Up here in the middle I’m having the best season I’ve ever had. Just one plant seems to have dried up for some reason. I’ll have to check the variety. I know it was a new one. But my Better Boys and…
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Cucumber Salad with Sour Cream
Seems like I did a fair bit of cooking somehow this weekend, although we were off to Santa Cruz one day and to the Scottish Games the other. I am growing cucumbers this year. Two plants seems to provide me with “just enough” but not too many cucumbers. The girls like them plain. I like…
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Chermoulah
I got this recipe for chermoulah from an old copy of Fine Preserving which is annotated by MFK Fisher in the version I have. I tried this particular recipe because she declared it one of the best in the book. Although I’ve only tried a dozen or so of the recipes, I have to agree.…
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Gratin of Swiss Chard
I had my youngest with me the day I bought seeds at the nursery and we came home with “Rainbow Swiss Chard.” It’s quite pretty to look at, in the garden and on the plate. The stems range from red to yellow to orange. I grew Swiss chard because it’s easy to grow and good…
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Garlic Yogurt Dressing with Beets
I’ve been on a yogurt kick lately. Not sure why. The kids have always loved smoothies. And periodically they’ll go through a flavoured yogurt period, then it will end. But I almost always have plain yogurt around for cooking. I use it in place of sour cream or buttermilk for baking. I recently bought a…