I’ve been making this soup often. I feel like I am rallying the troops as I take all the veggies out of the fridge to start cooking. Napa cabbage is a new addition I have made and turns out this …
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Tartine Cookbook Review Part 2: Gougères
I wanted to spend a bit more time with this cookbook and make something out of my comfort zone. Turns out gougères are pretty easy to make and are an impressive hors d’oeuvre! I changed a few things to healthify …

Christmas Morning Breakfast – With a Healthy Dose of Pemberton!
Christmas morning is not an oatmeal morning. You want to have something special and festive on the table. This is a very useful recipe as the dish looks impressive but is actually very easy to execute. This dish will make …
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Best of Pemberton Fall Dinner: Pine mushrooms and deer burgers!
This is a good time of year for eating well in Pemberton. Hopefully fresh deer meat, winter squash, mashed Sieglinde potatoes, and sautéed pine mushrooms! A healthier plate will also include sautéed chard – but I prefer to save my …
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Pemberton Dairy-free Squash Pie
Even though Thanksgiving has passed, I still enjoy eating squash pie. I have tweaked a dairy-free version that I think is sublime! It can also made into tarts. Over the years I have developed a distaste for nutmeg and instead …

A good pick-me-up soup for Fall:
There are germs flying around Pemberton these days. If and when a bug hits, this soup will offer some relief. The key is homemade chicken broth which I try to always have on hand. I have posted my recipe for …

Pemberton Lunch Box Omelettes
This recipe is inspired by the portable egg bites that Starbucks sells. With all the produce available at the Farmer's Market or in your garden these make a very good high protein lunch! And they are easy to make. This …

Ode to the Cherry Tomato
Cherry tomato, small and sweet, Summertime’s grandest treat. Orange or yellow, purple or red, Sun-warmed is the best, I’ve said. Dangling fruit, ripe and ready On bushy stalks of green so steady. That certain odor on my fingers That your leaves leave, it lingers But that’s okay. How I love that smell! On sunny days, it makes my heart swell. Cherry tomato, friend, not foe. The only veggie I can grow. Read More "Ode to the Cherry Tomato"

Summer is for Hummus
Hummus is a fantastic summer staple as you can take it camping or somewhere with limited refrigeration and it won’t go off. It is full of vitamins and protein, and vegan to boot. It tastes great accompanied by Pemberton-grown carrots, …

Are the Pemberton Strawberries Ripe Yet?
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