Roasted Beet and Kale Salad

Roasted Beet and Kale Salad

This recipe is featured on allrecipes.com.  Made ahead, it’s an excellent dish to serve to guests, if your family doesn’t get to it first! Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 1 hour Ready to eat: 2 hours, 20 minutes Ingredients: 3 large beets 1 Tablespoon...
Sweet Mama Kabocha Squash

Sweet Mama Kabocha Squash

Kabocha is hard on the outside with knobbly-looking skin. It is shaped like a squat pumpkin and has a dull-finished, deep-green skin with some celadon-to-white stripes and an intense yellow-orange color on the inside. In many respects it is similar to buttercup...
Empire or Gala Apples

Empire or Gala Apples

Empire apples are bright red with faint white markings and a light green cap. They are a medium size, perfect for children’s school lunches. They have a crispy, crunchy texture and a creamy white interior. Developed at Cornell University in the 1940’s,...
Buttercup Squash

Buttercup Squash

One of the most popular winter squash varieties, buttercup squash has a sweet and creamy orange flesh.  Containing more than 200% of the recommended daily amount of vitamin A, it is also high in vitamins C and B.  An added benefit is that buttercup squash is an...
Eggplant

Eggplant

Believed to have originated in India or Burma, eggplant became popular in many Arab countries and Northern Africa around 900 A.D.  When it was first introduced in Europe around the 15th century, it was cultivated only as an ornamental curiosity, because it was...