This recipe works well with any small to medium winter squash, such as Acorn, Carnival, Delicata, Sweet Dumpling, or Sugar Loaf. It’s so tasty it could almost be a dessert! All you need is winter squash, apricot jam and ground cinnamon. Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Wash squash, cut in half and clean out seeds. In a […]
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Winter Squash and Coconut Cream Soup
Winter squash has a particular affinity with coconut cream, and so is superb in coconut-based curries and soups like this one. Works well with any large winter squash or edible pumpkin, such as Lumina, Sweet Meat, Kabocha, or Buttercup. Golden sweet potato is equally as good. If you cannot obtain fresh kaffir limes to garnish the […]
Winter Squash and Cauliflower Curry
Feel like a hearty dish full of warm spices and oniony-gingery-garlicky goodness and the incredible flavors of sweet fall cauliflower and squash? Try this recipe! Disclaimer: I’m not a traditionalist when I cook. So this definitely isn’t a “traditional” Thai curry or Indian curry. I’m what I call more of a fusion cook, meaning I […]
Roasted Pepper and Eggplant Dip with Caramelized Onions
To be 100 percent honest, I’m not the most fervent eggplant fan in the world. But this recipe is incredibly delicious. The caramelized onion creates a sweet, balanced flavor. Works well as a dip with warm pita, vegetables and corn chips, or as a spread on bagels, sandwiches and more! Ingredients: 2 medium-sized eggplant 1 Anaheim […]
Spigarello Apple Salad with Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing
I’ve come to really, really love the spigarello broccoli leaf we started growing this year. It’s sweet, tender, and has great flavor. It works just as well lightly cooked as it does raw, such as in this fresh salad. This is a wonderful (and very easy to make!) late summer/autumn dish, perfect as apples come […]
Matt-Cyn Farms Roasted-Pepper and Heirloom Tomato Salsa
We’re positively addicted to summer salsa on the farm. We like a nice head sweat when we chow down on it with chips, so we add loads of roasted peppers. This recipes makes almost one full gallon of addictive salsa. Just half it if you want only a half-gallon. It’s the best! Ingredients for roasting: Olive oil […]
Blueberry Tabouli Recipe
Certain fruits, such as apples, seem to make their way into many salad recipes—yet blueberries are an often-overlooked salad addition that can add such a delicious flavor boost. In this super-simple salad, the blueberries are the perfect partner for mild cracked wheat and summer herbs. Ingredients: 1 cup cracked wheat (bulgur) 1 cup boiling water […]
Matt-Cyn Farms Cool Summer Pasta Salad
This summer pasta salad hits the spot on hot days, and you can mix-and-match whatever fresh veggies you have on hand. Ingredients: 1 17-ounce package of your favorite pasta noodles 1 can whole black olives, sliced 1 pint of cherry tomatoes, cut in half 1 small onion, shallot or a small bunch of scallions, chopped […]
The Best-Ever Grilled Hamburgers with Herbs
Next time you make burger patties for the grill, load ’em up with herbs and garlic for an ultra-flavorful meal. These are super simple to make! Ingredients: 1 pound local ground beef 1 egg 1/3 cup oatmeal Small onion or shallot, finely chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced Fresh rosemary, sage, and summer savory or oregano, […]
Cucumber Salad with Spinach-Basil Pesto
Pesto is one of those things that too often gets relegated to one application: pasta. But there’s so much more pesto can do! Here it acts as a flavor-packed “dressing” of sorts to any kind of fresh vegetables you have on hand, creating an amazing salad. If you don’t have spinach for the pesto, try […]