Personally, I love the taste of lamb. Actually, I love any foods with Middle Eastern flavors. Give me my Syrian Salad and a little rice pilaf, and I’m one happy camper. Having a craving, I invented this lamb recipe based on a feeling. On love. I would have preferred a lamb kabob (shish taouk at […]
Main Dishes with Meat
Best of Maria’s Kitchen: Crispy Roast Chicken and Gravy
In honor of Maria’s Farm Country Kitchen turning 6, I’ve decided to revisit a few fan-favorite recipes. On Monday, I reposted the number one most popular recipe on my blog: Mashed Potatoes from Scratch. But you can’t just eat mashed potatoes (well, you can, but they’re better as a side). So here’s one of my […]
Quick and Delicious Rice Paper Summer Rolls!
Whoever said we have nothing to fear but fear itself could have been talking about rice paper rolls.* I’ve wanted to make them (Vietnamese-style) for years, but dreaded the complexity, feared the differentness, and practically hyperventilated over finding the right moment to tackle the job (because without fresh mint and basil, you might as well […]
Cook Perfect Crab Cakes
By guest blogger Paul Kita, senior associate editor at Men’s Health There’s only one letter separating crab cakes from crap cakes. Crab cakes—meaty, crispy, light—stand as one of summer’s most delicious meals. Crap cakes—bready, soggy, dense—taste like, well, crap. This season, conduct your own crab cake quality control. By selecting what you put into the […]
Quick and Amazing Pizza Sandwich
Hunger is the mother of invention. It was my first day working from home in ages, and I was starving. It was Friday, which somehow in most people’s minds, including mine, has become Pizza Day (why is that?). Go out for pizza? No way. Make a crust from scratch? Hell no, not today. Then I […]
Homemade Hoppin’ John
Every New Year’s Eve I think I’m going to make Hoppin’ John, and then I forget because I’m too busy making Roast Pork, Mashed Potatoes, and Sauerkraut, which is the Pennsylvania Dutch version of Hoppin’ John—meaning the good-luck meal you want to eat on New Year’s Day. Well, this year I made both. But I’m […]
Honoring Our Heritage
by guest blogger “Coach” Mark Smallwood, Rodale Institute executive director There is much to be learned from our ancestors. Our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents had deep roots in agriculture. Modern organic farming is based on the philosophy that we must learn from past generations and modernize those lessons for current agricultural conditions. However, as generations […]
Sausage and Gravy on Pasta
Where do recipes come from? From necessity, distant memories, and problem solving, mostly. This one came from the fact that my littlest one won’t eat hamburger but loves sausage. And I had picked up some freshly made pappardelle pasta from Eataly. And I found a green pepper in my late-summer garden. Hmmmm… I remembered Hamburger […]
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Raised on America’s first organic farm, Scratch author Maria Rodale learned how to make everyday favorites from, yes, scratch — the way you remember them; the way they turn out best.
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