The Leek & The Carrot

Farm Weekend + RECIPE: Red Cabbage Coleslaw with Peanuts (and Pork Tacos!)

This weekend we aren’t doing anything other than farm planning. Okay, and cooking and baking (like a fool) and watching the Oscars and maybe even taking a hike or two, but mostly we are farm planning because believe it or not, the 2015 farming season is almost upon us! We begin planting things in 8…

Artichoke Madness + RECIPE: Artichoke & Hollandaise

You guys!!! I bought my very first artichoke!!!! Ever. And I was so excited about it!!!! I bought it pre-Valentine’s Day (for five whole dollars much to Mr. Carrot’s dismay) because it seemed like the sexiest most romantic thing to eat on Valentine’s Day and therefore obviously worth $5 but then….. I waited over a…

Super Special Sappy Weekend + RECIPE: Leek Almond Pesto

Did you all have a super special sappy Valentine’s Day weekend with your super special people? I hope you did. And if you didn’t, I hope you had lots of fun indulging in chocolates and wine anyways because to me, Valentine’s Day is a little about love and romance but possibly even more about indulgence….

Farm Crush Friday + Too Much Chocolate Cake

Tomorrow’s Valentine’s Day. And it’s my first married one. So I obviously had to spend my Friday baking too many chocolate chocolate cakes and doing romantic things and being all lovey dovey and sneakily leaving silly, gushy post-it notes all over the house while my Carrot was napping. Even though I’m super busy being…

Layla’s Persian Food + Meshugganah

Today I met my friend Kelly at a teeny tiny hole in the wall place called Layla’s. And it was perfect. Oh was it perfect?! We took a break from our work days to look through my hundreds of honeymoon photos. We shared two Persian meals (that each included a soup or a salad at…

5 Things You Don’t Know + RECIPE: Quinoa Veggie Bowl with Tahini Sauce

1. Besides being a farmer and a blogger, I work at an amazing non-profit that is literally changing the world every day. I have worked and/or volunteered for them for about 5 years now and am still so much in love. Midwest Environmental Advocates. Look ’em up. Follow them on Facebook. Read about cool things…

Saturday Ladies’ Day + RECIPE: Build your own flatbread bar!!!!

Have you ever had a weekend that’s just so utterly perfect and soul quenching? A weekend filled with so much love, you can hardly stand it? Well that was my weekend. Hours lounging on the couch with my Carrot. A beautiful, Pinterest-worthy bridal shower for a woman who deserves nothing short of perfection. A 20-hour whirlwind…

The Great Cheese Adventure + RECIPE: Cauliflower Quesadillas

One of the top things in my life I’m grateful for, aside from my kind, patient, incredible husband and the farm we created together (and clean water and good food and a roof over my head…) are the two beautiful energetic pups we adopted one year, three weeks and one day ago. They are best companions…

Super Bowl Non-Celebration

As die-hard Packer fans, this little Wisconsin couple had high hopes and big dreams about the Super Bowl. I had kind of mentally blocked off the whole weekend in anticipation of a potential mass celebration of Packers greatness. So much beer and food and a chance to throw a huge party!!! Yay! Then two weeks…

Farm Crush Friday: Healdsburg SHED

Oh my gosh. I love my bon appetit magazine for a million dozen reasons but one of my all time favorite things about them is how they inspire me. They are aware of the newest, freshest, coolest, most innovative places and people from all around the country (sometimes even the world) and then they not only write…