Tag: fresh herbs

  • Cooking From the Garden II

      Continuing the theme of cooking with what I harvested, I made Focaccia Bread for lunch. Fresh herbs, ripe tomatoes, and some shredded summer squash on herby-garlicky dough was delicious!   Focaccia Bread   5 1/2 c all-purpose flour 2 tsp salt 2 tsp white sugar 4 tsp active dry yeast 2 tbsp vegetable oil 2 c warm water (105-115…

  • Power Outage Minestrone

    We’d had a power outage the other day, the result of a particularly violent thunderstorm moving through. I came home from work in the middle of it, and made dinner in the dark. This is the reason I insist on always having a gas stove. I can light it even without the automatic starter. I’d…