The Leek & The Carrot

Seasonally Confused + RECIPES: Pumpkin Bread with Oat Crumble & Hot Buttered Bourbon

I’ve got my seasons all mixed up and jumbled together. Seriously, I can’t decide if I should be eating pumpkin-inspired desserts or holiday cookies. Hint: since I can’t decide I’m having everything. I’m holding on to fall tightly, wearing scarves and sweaters as if they’ll keep me warm on their own and like I don’t need…

Birthday Weekend + RECIPE: Brussels Sprout Salad with Grapefruit Butter Sauce

I got pickles, homemade vinegar, cured meats, photography lighting equipment, wool socks and a wool sleeping bag for my birthday. Birthday gifts can be very telling, don’t you think? I like food. I like to document my food. I like to adventure. And I like to be warm while doing it. There’s really not much…

The Best Month of the Year + RECIPE: Ham & White Bean Harvest Soup

I got my Thanksgiving Bon Appetit in the mail on Monday. Do you know what this means? It means it’s November. Already! Also known as every food lover’s favorite month. Also known as the month where we kick-off the holiday season. (Nope, I’m not ashamed of humming Christmas carols. Ever. Not even during the first…

Breaking Ground + RECIPE: Leek & Apple Cornbread

We broke ground on Monday morning. So to speak. The septic man (Kurt) came out to our potential home building site with his soil scientist Gary and Gary’s daughter (Anna) to dig test holes. Anna is a soil scientist in training. This process called a perk (short for peculation) test is one of the first…

Let’s Build a Greenhouse

In addition to being a farmer and a food blogger, I’m also the office manager of a small (but totally kickass and remarkable) non-profit. Yes, I wear many hats. Sometimes too many. These past two weeks I have been completely inundated with work at my off-farm job. We’ve got board meetings and press conferences and…

Zoning Codes + RECIPE: Orecchiette with Kale Pesto, Sausage & White Beans

Have you ever noticed how pasta just solves everything? Like honestly, all the problems of the world, washed away for 10 minutes as you bite into that perfect starchy piece of pasta. If you are lucky there’s also cheese involved and a sauce with just enough garlic. Okay, maybe a little too much garlic. Because…

All Whisked Up + RECIPE: Butternut Squash Soup

A couple months ago I was invited to be a part of a new fun group of Wisconsin-based food bloggers. Boy, has my foodie life changed since that day. For as long as I can remember, I have always had a nice rotation of 5 or 6 food blogs I read regularly. They inspire me….

Camp Food

The food that we eat when we head off to the wilderness, oh my gosh, it is so less than impressive. Every single time me and my Carrot head out to the woods for a little camping getaway, I get all ambitious and think I’ll be able to cook a masterpiece over the campfire. It…

Dreams + RECIPE: Cornmeal Tomato Tart

For once in my life, I have a gazillion (and one) delicious recipes that are spectacular and ready to be shared with the world. And even a bunch of lovely photos to accompany them. I’ve been cooking up a storm with all the farm veggies because before long these veggies will be gone and how sad…

Dinner on the Farm + RECIPE: Red Kuri Squash Cardamom Cake

The weekends where I force my husband to harvest crate after crate of fresh vegetables from the field, haul them up to my parents’ huge kitchen and then spend hours cooking up an extravagant, locally-inspired meal for 20 friends is the absolute best kind of weekend. It’s the kind of weekend where I am truly…