Browse by Tag: pesto

Spinach Roulade

Often we focus on Spinach Roulade during those late Spring days when fresh spinach is super plentiful.  But truly, with blanched frozen spinach, we can enjoy roulade more often and a few steps are already done!  This was Donna’s gorgeous creation a few years ago, she adapted it from a BBC Good Food recipe.  Here […]

Tomatoes stuffed with Cream Cheese & Pesto

Donna got inspired again for delicious and pretty!  What a great simple but elegant side dish or appetizer!   While you might not be entertaining during this pandemic, you still deserve pretty and delicious food!  Ingredients: 20 Small Tomatoes (I used Jaune Flamme) 8oz Cream Cheese, softened or other yummy soft cheese like Sweet Rowen’s VT […]

Tomato Pesto Frittata

A little flashback of a recipe Penelope made for us years ago that somehow never got published.  This grey, snowy, icy Spring when many are dreaming of summer seemed like just the moment.  A touch of summer flavors while we are waiting for Spring and Summer. Whipped this up the other day for farmer lunch […]

A Very Green/Verde Day

  Kale Pesto, Spicy Pesto, Mojo Verde, Tomatillos & Salsa Verde….yep all in 1 day and they weren’t small batches. Over 30 lbs of greens and around 150 lbs of tomatillos. All in the effort to transform the fresh abundance of this season into bright, tasty options for the next season.   And it is such […]

Kale Pesto

Kale Pesto…a new love.  The loveliness of Pesto and another way to feed my body some wonderful, nutritious greens!  We have enjoyed this as a dip for carrots (chips or crackers would work too), with pasta, on the bun of my goat burger and just with bread. We tried both recipes below – one with […]

Golden Tomato Pizza with Pesto & Kale

Time for a last “summer” pizza! from Cooking Close to Home by Diane Imrie & Richard Jarmusz, a great cookbook for all eating local in Vermont! Pizza Dough (they have a great Maple Whole Wheat dough recipe) 3 Tablespoons Basil Pesto 1 T Olive Oil 1 T chopped Garlic 3 cups roughly chopped Kale 3/4 cup cherry tomatoes, […]

Homemade Farm Pizza

Really this can be designed to fit your whims of the day, but here are some ideas for pizza’s from the farm’s current offerings: Pizza Dough.. either made or a bought dough/crust or french bread cut open Smitten Kitchen’s Really Simple Pizza Dough or Epicurious’ Pizza Dough  are some options   The Base 1 cup or so of Pizza […]

Oregano Pesto

From KitchenThymes.org Ingredients 1 cup of fresh oregano 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese 1 large garlic clove 1/2 cup of almonds 1/3 cup of olive oil salt and pepper Instructions Combine the oregano, cheese, garlic, almonds and salt and pepper in a food processor, until the mixure resembles a coarse meel. Slowly stream in olive […]

Cilantro Pesto

When I first tried Cilantro Pesto, I felt like I no longer needed any other kind of pesto.  Like many pestos, it is fabulous mixed into dishes, salads, fresh chevre, sandwiches, burgers or just straight on bread. There is a lot of flexibility in this recipe.  Another take at SeriousEats.com   4 cups cilantro washed and […]

Grilled Chicken with Pesto from Mark Bittman

Grilled Chicken with Pesto from Mark Bittman “This basic recipe begins with pesto. But as you can see, it is almost infinitely variable… you can broil or grill chicken with almost any compound butter or flavored oil, or many of the other sauces.” 1/2 to 1 cup basic pesto 1 whole chicken, cut up (legs […]