Tag: Thyme

• Fresh, fabulous figs

  We waited longer for figs than for a baby. The latter took just under 3 years; the former, more than 25. And this year, booyah!, we have figs. Figs to eat out of hand, figs to freeze for making preserves and figs to cook. Assuming figs grew in Eden (fig leaves, remember?), why would anyone leave,…

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  August 23, 2017

  Cooking from the garden, Fresh herbs, Fruit, Pork chops, Rural life, Seasonal food, Southern food

  cooking from garden, Figs, gardening, healthy eating, onions, Thyme

• I’m as corny as Kansas in August, slow-cooker corn chowder without cheese

  We are covered up in summer squashes and sinking fast. Corn and tomatoes are advancing from the east (the garden). I spend more time in the kitchen these days than at any other time of the year because you can only give away so many zucchini and hot peppers. Stoic and I made two kinds…

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  August 3, 2017

  Seasonal food, Slow cooker recipes, Soup, vegetables

  Chowder, cooking from garden, Corn, Garlic, healthy eating, Thyme

• Chew vaccine, Veterans’ Day

  During the first World War, my mother’s father was a New York City cop (his brothers-in-law served in Europe). My father’s father ran a Pennsylvania hardware. The family tradition continued through World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Not sure why my father was deferred — because he nearly died with cellulitis in 1941? First husband…

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  November 11, 2015

  Chicken, Comfort food, healthy cooking, Soup

  Carrots, chicken, Cooking Light magazine, healthy eating, pasta, Thyme

• Hoppin’ John Salad

  Please note: A friend who ate this after it spent a day in the fridge liked it just fine. I could not taste any Italian dressing or thyme. Next time I will dress salad immediately before serving. My new left hip and I are celebrating today with the traditional Southern dinner thought to bring good luck, health…

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  January 1, 2015

  Celebrations, healthy cooking, Holiday cooking, Hoppin’ John, vegetables, Winter salads

  Black-eyed peas, Celery, Green onions, Peppers, red pepper flakes, Rice, Thyme

• Squashed, again!

    Hoot, mon, it’s a great summer when the squash plants outdo themselves and you find two good new squash recipes. This one showed up last week in the American Profile magazine supplement, with Stoic the Vast pointing out the cover promo as “something else you could try.” I could also try reading for an entire…

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  July 27, 2014

  Casseroles, eggs, good food, Local food, Recipes, Seasonal food, Simple foods, Southern food, vegetables

  cooking from garden, Summer squash, Thyme, Vegetable custard, zucchini

• Grilled pizza — so good, so easy and so inexpensive

  A nice neighbor gave us a huge box of North Carolina sweet potatoes as well as a huge package of sausage made from a hog he raised. So we were already halfway toward the Grilled Sweet Potato and Sausage Pizza recipe I’d saved from the Winston-Salem Journal for more than two years. The other challenge,…

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  February 1, 2014

  Grilling, healthy cooking, Simple foods, vegetables

  Catherine Mayhew, cheese, healthy eating, Pizza, Sausage, sweetpotatoes, Thyme