Sweet potato gnocchi: A labor of love
24.01.10
We traded our goat’s milk caramel for seeds from High Mowing Organic Seed Co. out of Hardwick this year. Now we are sitting fat and happy, secure in the fact that we have next year’s seeds ready to go.
The only seeds we didn’t get from them are potatoes and garlic. We planted our garlic in the fall using seed from this year’s harvest, and now it is hibernating under a thick layer of straw.
Potatoes, on the other hand, are stored in the root cellar during the winter both for spring seed and of course to eat.
Five bushels of potatoes stare up at me when I go out to the root cellar, begging to be eaten before they start to sprout. Even though we grow five varieties, their pasty
skin and knobby eyes become less than inspiring after a while. There are only so many batches of mashed potatoes you can make and still be satisfied with this tuber.
Luckily, I’ve come across an incredibly labor-intensive but potato-worthy recipe.
When I milk our goats, usually
Source: BurlingtonFreePress.com
The Best Chopping Gadgets
19.01.10
If you chop 'til you
drop in the kitchen,
"The Early Show" has some great timesaving new gadgets for you.
Allie Lewis Clapp, food director of Real Simple magazine , and the Real Simple magazine staff tested more than 200 products that slice and dice. She shared the magazine's favorites on the broadcast:
Progressive Fruit & Vegetable Chopper The Progressive Fruit and Vegetable Chopper is a great way to cut your food preparation time in half. With this unique product you can cut, slice, dice and chop your fruits and vegetables with ease. This 7-piece chopping set includes the measuring container, pusher lid, 3 blade options with side blades, cleaning tool, recipe book and storage box. $25, Amazon.com .
Oxo Good Grips Hand-Held Mandoline The OXO Good Grips Hand-Held Mandoline makes slicing a simple swipe down the runway. It features a window that shows slices accumulating below and a food holder that protects hands and covers the blade
Source: CBS News