For some reason or another, this summer has been all about farm-inspired cocktails. Maybe its the fun cocktail syrups I discovered, maybe its the farm stress, maybe its the excess quantities of fresh cucumbers and basil we’re dealing with right now. It’s hard to know what has made sipping a farmy cocktail the highlight of…
Author: Leek
I am one half of a beautiful farming venture outside of Evansville, Wisconsin. I run a vegetable CSA and market farm on about 3 acres with my husband, fondly known as "my Carrot man." Raleigh's Hillside Farm is in its third year of existence and every year is a fun, exciting new learning experience! This blog is my space to share stories about me, us, our relationship, our farm, farmers we respect, and dozens and dozens of recipes.
Simplicity+ RECIPE: Date Night Cheese Board
In the peak of summer, meal simplicity is key. Gone are the leisurely cold weather days spent in my kitchen experimenting and whipping up masterpieces. In the height of summer, we want meals that come together quickly in the kitchen or maybe don’t require any time in the kitchen at all. Our harvest days are…
Soil Sisters at Raleigh’s Hillside Farm + RECIPE: Snap Pea Salad with Chard Pistachio Pesto
It’s hard to believe August is only a couple short weeks away. For me this is bringing mixed emotions. It means our tomato season is so close I can actually taste it (!!!!!!). But it also means some of our other favorite vegetables (like peas) are already finished for the season. It means the farm…
Three Day Parties + Roasted Strawberry Rhubarb Ice Cream Sandwiches
The jury is still out on whether or not catapulting ourselves into hosting a three day party after six weeks straight of long days in the fields will be repeated or not. We went to bed after midnight for three nights in a row last weekend which is just not a thing us farmers are…
Scary Vegetables + RECIPE: Portobella, Escarole & Fennel Lasagna with White Sauce
Last week our CSA members received two items that scared them in the same box: escarole and fennel. Sometimes I feel bad throwing things at people they’ve never used before, but I have to be honest here, usually I don’t. I kind of adore giving our CSA members vegetables that they find intimidating. Things that…
Cabbage Love + RECIPE: Cabbage & Snow Pea Rice Bowl with Warm Coconut Peanut Sauce
We’re almost caught up my friends. Almost through the whirlwind of activity that is May and June on the farm. We’ve planted 11 whole fields (each about 700 square feet), made it through three weeks of the CSA (seriously how has that already happened?!), and thrown a farm party for new friends. We’ve fixed a…
How to Survive June as a Farmer + RECIPE: Broccoli & Kohlrabi Salad
Take a few hours away from the farm with your partner in crime/farming/life. Even if you feel like you couldn’t possibly leave the farm before nightfall. Just do it anyways. Hire the most supportive, thoughtful, kind team of people you can find. Thank them for their amazingness daily. Splurge on YumButter. Keep it your pocket…
Putting Out Fires + RECIPE: Shaved Asparagus Pizza with Arugula Pesto
This past week has really been trying to eat us alive. On Thursday, the clutch cable snapped on our Grillo rototiller so even though we already had decided to replace it, we no longer could use it to mow our fields, which we’d planned to do through the next couple months. On Friday, we realized…
June Frenzy + RECIPE: Mushroom & “Lots of Greens” Sheet Pan Quiche
I swear I cook more than just breakfast food. Actually I’m not going to own up to that right now because the other things I’ve been eating only fall under the categories of grilled foods, salads, cold sandwiches (usually from Rockin’ Rolls) and hummus + things I dip in hummus. And none of that really…
Mother’s Day Brunch + RECIPE: Rhubarb Crisp Pancakes
Mother’s Day is really just a very poorly timed holiday. While the rest of the world is picnic-ing and brunching and planting flowers and sipping wine from their back patios drenched in sunshine with their mothers, I’m shouting at mine because can’t she just stop talking and understand her home is my place of employment?! …
The Leek & The Carrot 