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  • Garlic Scape Basil Pesto

    Garlic Scape Basil Pesto

    Garlic scapes have garlic, onion, herbaceous flavor and are less spicy than garlic cloves.  About 4-6 scapes equal one clove of garlic. The photo on the left of fresh garlic scapes is courtesy of the Glenn Family Gardens blog. This pesto is wonderful to serve over pasta or grilled chicken, to put on top…

  • Chef Vince DiBattista’s Fall Salad – October 2019

    Chef Vince DiBattista’s Fall Salad – October 2019

    Vince DiBattista’s Fall Market Salad Serves 4-6 people Ingredients 4 cups shaved Tuscan kale 4 cups thinly shaved brussel sprouts 1 thinly sliced apple 1 shaved fennel bulb 4 pieces shaved sunchoke (Jerusalem artichoke) Pecorino d’Sardo, grated or shaved Sunflower seeds Method 1. Mix all ingredients. 2. Marinate in vinaigrette (recipe follows) for 30…

  • Chopped Salad with Feta, Lime, Mint and Sunflower Seeds

    Chopped Salad with Feta, Lime, Mint and Sunflower Seeds

    Courtesy of Smitten Kitchen I used 1 cup each of halved and thinly sliced radishes (3 1/4 ounces), 1/2 pound of lightly cooked, cooled green and yellow beans (1/2 pound fresh) that I’d cut into 1/4-inch slices on the bias, and quartered and thinly sliced Kirby cucumbers (from 5 ounces or 2 whole). However,…