Finding Radiance

Mid summer means lots of different kinds of squash!  At the farmer’s market, I decided to get some patty pan squash.  It looks like a sunflower, doesn’t it?

Also called scalloped squash or cibleme.  This squash is a good source of vitamins A and C, plus magnesium and niacin.
1 cup of squash has about 20 calories.
I [...]

Happy Memorial Day!  A big thank you to all who have served and our going to serve our great country.
I have to work today (not complaining, though, seriously), but it still feels kind of like a holiday, you know?  My gym is closed today, so no strength workout.  That means brekkie a little sooner [...]

So I finally got around to trying the beets.  I bought them at the farmer’s market, and that particular vendor had 3 different kinds of beets:  The regular red beets, target beets, and white beets.  Since I wasn’t really a fan of the possibility of stains, I chose the white beets.  She also said they [...]

At the farmer’s market, we purchased some parsnips.  They look kind of like carrots, only more pale.  Actually, they are related to carrots, so that makes sense.  It is considered a winter vegetable because it actually needs to have some frost temperatures to fully develop the roots.  So it’s season is winter time and early [...]

I try to look closely at the small baskets in the produce section to find unique veggies and found a sign for batatas – or Mexican sweet potato:

It looked pretty harmless and if potato is in the name, I know it is likely a safe bet for me   I thought it looked a [...]

Haven’t done a GVE in a while!  I actually got the Taro Root a couple weeks ago, but just used it last night.  Good thing it is a root veggie and will keep well.

Taro root (also known as arrow root)  is used a lot in Oceanic cultures.  I also did not know that it is [...]

I love all things New Orleans, as you know – so trying okra seemed like a no brainer.

Okra is actually from the mallow family, which includes hibiscus and and cotton.  Who knew?  Okra is also called lady finger in some parts of the world, although not sure what lady has fingers that look like this.  [...]

Saw this fun sign at the store:

Cute little thing, isn’t it?

Turns out the 8-ball squash is a variety of zucchini.  I keep getting fooled by that LOL!  The shape just said “Grill me!”.  So I sliced it up, brushed with oil and S&P and put it on the grill.

Came out nice.  The larger diameter kept [...]

Been a while since I did a GVE!  I finally decided to try the spinach smoothie that I have seen on any number of blogs lately in various incarnations! *  I searched for recipes online, and made the mistake of putting in ‘green monster’ in the search engine.  I got all kinds of alcoholic drinks, [...]

This was a totally new veggie to me.  Funny how I was just reading about them online about how they are in season, and what do I see at the farmer’s market yesterday?  Fiddleheads!

I decided to try some, although the appearance seemed a bit like coiled worms to me, so there was a bit of [...]