Crumbles are my favorite summer dessert because they are so easy to make. You don’t need any special tools or equipment, and they can be baked in advance and reheated later. Crumbles are also a very versatile dessert: you can use pretty much any fruit that is in season, and they will always come out…
Author: Palouse-Clearwater Food Coalition
Green Garlic Chimichurri
Fresh, Local Green Garlic Chimichurri** Growing up in Costa Rica, we had homemade chimichurri every time my family hosted a barbecue. This garlicky, vinegary sauce originates in Argentina, where it is served alongside their world-famous grilled meats. My version uses green garlic instead of regular garlic cloves. Green garlic, as the name implies, is the…
Spicy Eggs with Labneh
This adaptation of a classic Turkish breakfast known as Cilbir takes only 10 min to make, and it is vegetarian and gluten-free. It features local eggs from Hinderer Farms, Bush Creek Creamery’s award-winning labneh cheese, and some spicy butter. You can find all of these ingredients at the Moscow Food Co-op. If you have never…
Peanut Sambal Slaw
A 2019 Love Your Farmer, Love Your Food Recipe This is another recipe where local ingredients can be creatively incorporated into the recipe…here are some of our ideas: spring spinach or baby kale instead of, or in addition to, red and green cabbage, shredded local beets, local hazelnuts or walnuts, regionally grown pumpkin seeds, and…
Tabbouleh
A 2019 Love Your Farmer, Love Your Food Recipe Part of the art of cooking with the seasons is substituting traditional ingredients with local, seasonal options. In the recipe below, we give suggestions for local and seasonal substitutions for a few key ingredients. Depending upon what is coming up in your own kitchen garden (like…
Turkish Garbanzo Bean Salad
A 2019 Love Your Farmer, Love Your Food Recipe The Moscow Food Co-op deli prepared some great salads for this year’s Love Your Farmer event appetizers. Our thanks to Ryan Town, creative chef and the Co-op’s deli prepared food manager, for sharing his delicious recipes with the Local Foods, Local Flavors blog. Turkish Garbanzo Bean…
Love Your Farmer, Love Your Food 2019
Moscow, Idaho’s Love Your Farmer, Love Your Food is an annual celebration of farmers, ranchers and local food entrepreneurs in the greater Palouse-Clearwater region. This year’s event featured Texas Ridge, Hands & Hearts Farm, Millhorn Farmstead Creamery and Kamiak Coffee Company. Held at Moscow City Hall, the event opened with a reception featuring light appetizers…
Roasted Carrot & Parsnip Lentil Salad
Roasted Parsnip & Carrot Lentil Salad with Creamy Cilantro-Lime Dressing It’s hard to imagine that we still have local produce available in late Spring, but the Moscow Food Co-Op has some delicious root vegetables that are begging to be roasted and thrown in a salad. The addition of some lentils from the PNW Farmers Cooperative…
Mmm…morels ! Local Delight- Guest Contributor Paul Smith c/o Jessie Hunter
Morels are a wonderful example of a seasonal delicacy in the PCW region. Palouse resident and musician Paul Smith shares how he got into morel hunting and shares a recipe! Thanks Paul! I have loved morel mushrooms since I first had them 30 years ago. I had never hunted mushrooms at all until a few…
Free Form Cooking: Cabbage Piroshkis
Okay so I’m the type of cook who uses recipes as a general guide or source of inspiration. It must come from the amateur, but passionate, dancer in me. I’m creating a new work of art that will be gone when the music stops or when the eating’s done. This recipe is my first attempt…
Lettuce Plant! Latah Eagle Article: Nurseries in the Area
Great Article from the Latah Eagle on nurseries http://issuu.com/thelataheagle/docs/1504_lataheagle_ftp
To Catch a Slug, and Grow a Garden!- Jessie Hunter
These bad boy slugs are chowing down on my irises. I caught and drowned some pretty good sized slugs last week with some leftover Blue Moon. We’ll see what I can catch this evening. The chickens loved the beer infused slugs too! My raised beds area is looking great! The…