RECIPES

Herbed Sourdough Cheesy Zucchini Biscuits

Ok, I know that title is a mouthful but I'm having a hard time describing these! We have way too much zucchini and yellow summer squash...

Roasted Tomato Salsa

I’ve made countless jars of this simple salsa with both red and green tomatoes. One year we had an early frost warning and I picked ALL...

Sourdough Discard Banana Bread

Currently OBSESSED with this banana bread! It has been making an appearance on our summer breakfast table at least a couple times a week!...

Peanut Butter Sweet Potato Dog Training Treats

The puppies LOVE these quick and easy training treats and I feel good knowing the ingredients that are going into them! Ingredients: 2...

Sourdough Discard Pizza Dough

You can use discard or ripe starter for this recipe. It all starts with my master dough recipe, but after the second rise you stretch...

Sourdough Discard Dutch Baby

This giant, puffy pancake couldn’t be simpler to make and you don’t have to stand around flipping ‘cakes, you just dump the batter into...

Sourdough Focaccia

This recipe uses my master dough, but instead of shaping it after the initial two rises, it gets popped into the fridge for an overnight...

Smoked Pepper-jack Mac n' Cheese

A little food story today. Not about the Mangalitsa pork Boston butt that Pete smoked on the grill yesterday, which was pretty...

Isabelle's Lemon Cheesecake

My 16-year-old daughter loves baking, in fact she recently opened her own home-based bakery business (glassfrogpatisserie.com) and is...

Sourdough Doughnuts

My 12-year-old (Hutch) asked if we could develop a sourdough doughnut recipe together. I guess that kid knows the secret to getting me...

Wild Morel Risotto with Garlic Mustard Pesto & Violets

Last week we harvested the elusive and fleeting morel mushroom! Just one big one that we found right in our yard, but that was enough...

Strettine (Nettle Pasta)

Strettine comes from Emilia Romagna, just north of Rome in Italy. This same region is also famous for Parmigiano (parmesan) cheese and...

Sourdough Bagels

We loooove our sourdough bagels around here! Baking your own bagels is not only easy, but a huge money saver compared to buying at the...

Sourdough-discard Cinnamon Roll Muffins

A little-known fact that we discovered about sourdough starter discard - you can use it as an egg substitute!! One day I was making...

Sourdough-discard Pancakes

Wet ingredients: 1/2 cup sourdough discard 1.5 cups kefir or buttermilk or clabber 2 eggs 2 tbsp grass-fed butter or pasture-raised lard...

Sourdough Crackers

Making sourdough crackers is so incredibly easy, and they are so delicious that I would argue that it's worth keeping a starter JUST for...

Ground Beef "Shawarma" Sandwich

Ingredients: For the naan bread: 125g warm water 2.5 tsp active dry yeast 1 Tbsp sugar 400g all-purpose flour 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp baking...

Huevos Rancheros con Chorizo

Ingredients: 1 pkg Mangalitsa Chorizo (removed from casings) 6 pasture-raised eggs 1 can black beans, drained 1 small onion, chopped Salt...

Shrimp & Grits with Smoked Mangalitsa Sausage

It's been on the blog before, for the Spring CSA, but we're bringing it back for summer because it's just so darn good! Ingredients:...

Baked Chicken and Hand-rolled Gnocchi with Arugula

Ingredients For the Gnocchi: 3.5 cups / 500g mashed potatoes 1.25 cups / 150g flour 1 tsp salt 1/4 tsp black pepper For the Chicken:...

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