This Meatless Monday, we feature parsnips, with growing, storage and prep tips, as well as recipes for Carrot and Parsnip Mash and Parsnip and Cauliflower Soup from Vermont Fresh: A Fruit and Vegetable Handbook. Background Parsnips are a root vegetable closely related to carrots, which is not surprising given their striking resemblance. Parsnips, which look [...]
This Meatless Monday, we feature spinach, with growing, storage and prep tips, as well as recipes for Spinach and Artichoke Dip and Garlicky Spinach from Vermont Fresh: A Fruit and Vegetable Handbook. Photo courtesy of High Mowing Seeds Growing Tips Spinach is a very hardy green, making it a popular greenhouse crop in [...]
This Meatless Monday, we feature Beets, with growing, storage and prep tips, as well as recipes for Beet and Goat Cheese Salad and Borscht from Vermont Fresh: A Fruit and Vegetable Handbook. Background Grown now for thousands of years, beets are a truly old-fashioned vegetable. The wild ancestor of the beet we eat today is [...]
Kohlrabi from High Mowing Organic Seeds This Meatless Monday, we feature Kohlrabi, with growing, storage and prep tips, as well as recipes for Scalloped Kohlrabi and Kohlrabi Soup. Background Kohlrabi, also sometimes called "German turnip," is a member of the cabbage family. The part of kohlrabi that is most commonly eaten does in [...]
This Meatless Monday, we focus on carrots, with tips on growing, storage and preparation, as well as recipes for Carrot-Ginger Soup and Carrot Cake from Vermont Fresh: A Fruit and Vegetable Handbook. Background While we tend to think of carrots as being orange, they historically grew in a broad range of colors, from purple to [...]
