May 2013
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CSA is back!
Hi tumblr-world! It’s been a little while. I’m happy to announce that our summer CSA has started and it is amazing! So, here we go again… in between marathon work-sessions to make sure people know Neighborsations is the most amazing new platform to meet and make friends in your neighborhood, I’ll be listing what we got and how we’ll use it.
This week the box was...
April 2013
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Cooking Disasters
Although recently this blog has been more inspirational quotes and entrepreneurial journey-related things, I promise I am still cooking! The winter CSA (which is coming to an end) has been fantastic. Mostly greens and so instead of turning them into some complex recipes, most of it is chop and saute in olive oil or butter with a little salt and pepper. Serious deliciousness. But this...
March 2013
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February 2013
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DC Power Panel
I’m super excited to be participating in this excellent panel on Tuesday, Feb. 19th with some other amazing ladies. RSVP here if you’re in DC and interested in attending: https://mightybell.com/spaces/14219/posts/61867
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January 2013
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December 2012
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Winter CSA, let's call it week 5 and 6
I’ve lost track a little bit on what week we’re at for the CSA. I’ve been cooking a lot (you’ve seen some of the pictures) but not posting about cooking plans, so I’m playing a little catch-up. Last week we got spinach, cabbage, swiss chard, homemade noodles, salad greens, other kinds of salad greens, romanesco (the triangle looking things below, they are like a mix...
November 2012
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Thanksgiving Success!
Tonight, I accomplished a new challenge… I cooked a turkey! And I cooked it well! This year, we couldn’t go away for Thanksgiving and while I usually spend my time on vegetarian cooking, this is the one night a year that the other half eats meat. One night, one kind of meat only… the turkey (okay, it’s really poultry but that’s just details). He also LOVES...
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CSA Week 25 (Last week for summer CSA)
We are in the CSA weeds! We have so many potatoes and so much produce in our fridge, we don’t even know what to do about it. Fortunately, we’re getting into winter which means soup/stew season for us and potatoes goes in almost everything. So here’s what we got this week… broccoli, cabbage, sweet potatoes, parsley, spinach, red onions, potatoes, bok choy, and komatsuna...
October 2012
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CSA Week 24
We’re nearing the end of our summer CSA but have no fear!!! Smucker Farms of DC is offering a Winter CSA and we can’t wait! So, for the winter, they’ll have hothouse veggies and stuff as well as butter, eggs, and cheese (seriously, I love cheese, I can’t wait for my weekly box to include cheese!!) and I’m pretty curious about if the butter will taste different or...
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CSA Weeks 20 and 21
Oy!! What a crazy couple of weeks! I put in my notice at work, really kicked things up a notch with Neighborsations, AND I’m leaving for Israel on Friday. Things are insane. I have still been cooking (thankfully with the help of my fiancee who is always up for cooking and taking the lead when I’m in crazy-town) but I haven’t had any time to post! So, in the past 2 weeks,...
September 2012
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CSA Week 19
I can’t believe our CSA is coming to a close :-( Fortunately, Smucker Farms is offering a winter CSA that will take us from early November all the way till April and we are excited (and a bit worried we’ll end up with more beets). Additionally, I can’t do much more than report on what we got this week, see, this was a big week. I handed in my notice at work and decided to make...
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CSA Week 18
First, a Happy New Year and Shana Tova to everyone celebrating the Jewish New Year. Rosh Hashanah is one of my most favorite holidays because the foods you eat are all symbolic and are all delicious! You can check out a list of traditional Sephardic foods here and the family Leek omlette recipe here.
This week, we received onions, hot peppers, banana peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, green peppers,...
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CSA Week 17
Im sorry, I missed a few weeks… I was out of town so while we did get our box every week, there wasn’t really a plan involved for using it. But now, I’m back and we are back to our CSA weekly box planning.
This week we got tomatoes, corn (5 ears making the total in our fridge 8!), beets, neck pumpkin (which I assume is kinda like butternut squash because that’s what it...
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August 2012
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The 6 Most Exciting Things about Starting...
A few days ago I posted a Bill Cosby quote that said “Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it”. I thought, since I haven’t done a 6 list in a little while, that I would do one on starting something new which can be both exciting and invigorating but also challenging and a bit terrifying.
All the fun, inspiring quotes actually become motivational instead of cliché
You get to think...
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CSA Week 14
I can’t believe we’re already on week 14. I have to admit, the first few weeks of our CSA, we weren’t sure it was worth it. We were still buying produce from the supermarket and we didn’t really see the savings. 14 weeks in, however, the CSA was a great decision. We’ve learned how to use our box more effectively and definitely rarely buy produce these days.
So...
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“Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.”
– Bill Cosby
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Rosemary, garlic no knead bread
For those of you who make bread, you know it is a process. I make bread every week, although I do it in a bread machine. This recipe makes good, slightly crispy, sourdough-esque bread. You can also use the no-knead recipe with whatever flavors you’d like (pepper, Parmesan, etc.).
Rosemary, garlic no knead bread
3 cups flour
¼ tsp. active dry yeast
1 ½ tsp. salt
4 cloves minced garlic
2...
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CSA Week 13
This week’s box is amazing!!!! Additionally, Smucker Farms has instituted a swap box which pretty much saved us from Beet Hell this week. Basically, if you get something in your box you don’t like, you can place it in the CSA swap box and someone else who like it can take out your item and put a different item in the swap box instead. Pure Genius!!!
Okay, so this week we received:...
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CSA Week 12
This past weekend, I was able to participate in Lean Startup Machine. LSM was an intense, but amazing experience where I learned a TON very quickly. Check out the site because they happen all over the world! Anyway, as a result, though, the CSA planning for the week fell to the other half of this household and I have to say, I am a bit impressed.
This week we received: Banana Peppers, Bell...
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July 2012
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CSA Week 11
This weekend was a crazy one! We swung by Smucker Farms on our way out of town hoping the boxes would be in. Fortunately, I arrived just as they were unloading the boxes! This week’s box included red cabbage, potatoes, zucchini, tomatoes, garlic, sweet onions, peppermint, corn, and green peppers.
The red cabbage (and a cabbage from last week) went to my mother who was thrilled to be getting...
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CSA Week 10
Okay, I’ll admit it, I think CSA week 10 is the bane of my existence. Cabbage (again), Beets (again), red potatoes (again)… you get the idea. I mean, we’re a little limited recently by time and making sure everything is vegetarian but geez, I think we have done everything we can with those ingredients. Thanks to a little crowdsourcing action though, I think we have our plan.
Now...
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“She packed up her potential and all she had learned. Grabbed a cute pair of...”
– Curly Girl Design
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CSA Week 9
Last week’s recipes were great! I particularly recommend the coriander noodles with carrots and zucchini for anyone who is still trying to figure out how to use their zucchini. You can find the recipe on Epicurious.
This week we received red onions, heirloom tomatoes, zucchini, green peppers, garlic, potatoes, blackberries, eggplant, and cabbage.
Half of the zucchini was already used to...
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From the Library: How to Cook Everything...
How to Cook Everything Vegetarian
By Mark Bittman
As you can see form this blog, I love cooking. I also love cookbooks (even if I alter most recipes). Cookbooks can be pretty difficult though. We have a kosher kitchen and now mostly cook vegetarian. Almost every recipe I find has to be altered creatively in some way. And there is nothing more frustrating than buying a cookbook and realizing you...
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CSA Weeks 7 & 8
Yikes! I’ve got some catching up to do! After a week of minimal posting, I’m back and first things first… what’s on the menu this week!
I’m a little disappointed because last week there was a rumor of purple asparagus and this week there was one of purple peas, but alas, no purple food for us. I’ll have to save the more suess-like suppers for the future.
Last...
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“tears and sweat often bring out the best in us”
– Mr. Rogers
June 2012
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From the Library: The Back of the Napkin
The Back of the Napkin: Solving problems and selling ideas with pictures by Dan Roam
Anyone who has been in my office knows that I am a visual thinker. I have 2 whiteboards and over a dozen large white pieces of paper with post-it notes all over them. OK, to be really honest, this book was not as useful or fun as I thought it would be but it was a good read that provides a different perspective...
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6 Components of a Successful Meeting
We’ve all been there. You are sitting in a meeting that refuses to end. Moreover, the meeting will only lead to the idea of setting up another meeting with nothing productive coming out of you’re the time you have spent. Here are components I think are necessary to having a successful meeting.
Agenda. This helps keep you on task and on target.
Focus. Prepare the people who will be in the meeting...
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CSA Week 6
This week’s wonderful basket included carrots, tomatoes, black raspberries, basil,broccoli, zucchini, and spring onions.
The basil will be used in the spring vegetarian burgers (from last week’s plan).
This week I’m trying to keep it a bit simple and use up leftovers from the cabinet.Tonight I’ll make a slaw to go with the burgers using the cabbage from last week and the...
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If You Wish You Knew Your Neighbors, Check This... →
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CSA Week 5
An interesting box this week… spring onions, garlic scapes, raspberries, basil, potatoes, beets, cabbage, rhubarb, and romaine.
To be honest, I haven’t thought through the plan fully yet but last night we made tofu stir fry with a few of the garlic scapes and spring onions coupled with the asparagus from last week.
The raspberries were literally eaten before I could even come up with...
