Submitted by Cassie Carroll on Mon, 10/10/2016 – 3:40pm Learning how to preserve your harvest is one of the most rewarding triumphs of growing your own food and/or supporting local farmers. Whether you preserve through canning, freezing, dry storage, dehydrating or placing items in the fridge, there’s a preserving method that will fit your fancy. As […]
recipes
Pumpkin Pie in a Bag
Sometimes making a pie can be overwhelming, but we’ve broken this recipe down to prepare pumpkin pie in a bag. The great thing about the pumpkin pie in a bag is that it can be made anywhere! It’s a fun activity to do with kids, too.
Radish Me This and Radish Me That
Submitted by Taidghin O’Brien on Thu, 05/02/2019 – 1:02pm Radishes are one of those amazing vegetables that seem to come in all shapes and sizes, and they’ve got quite the diversity in flavor profiles, or level of “pepper,” to match. And I LOVE their “pepper.” When I was a kid I would play the “How […]
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Pumpkin seeds are healthy and nutritious – plus they make a really tasty snack! This recipe for roasted pumpkin seeds makes for a tasty, crunchy treat the whole family will love. PLUS! You can turn your pumpkin into a spooky jack-o-lantern, just in time for Halloween! Thanks to Curtis Orchard for providing the locally grown pumpkins!
Roasty Toasty Tofus
Submitted by Magdalena Caspe… on Fri, 01/16/2015 – 1:30pm Last weekend, when I was shopping – while hungry – at the coop, I picked up a tub of fresh tofu. Because yolo tofu. And I had big plans for dinners this week.Figuring out how to use tofu at home was always challenging – quite frankly, […]
Sarah’s Kitchen Creations: Fall Harvest Grain Bowls
by Sarah Buckman, Common Ground Food Co-op As cooling weather falls upon us each October in Champaign-Urbana, I am always stunned by the bounty of local foods harvested this month. October straddles the last of summery heat-loving foods like our favorite nightshades all the while welcoming the harvest of cool-loving salad mixes, brassicas, and storage […]
