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Sweet Corn Chowder
In season

Sweet Corn Chowder

Creamy late-summer chowder built on fresh corn and potatoes, with smoky bacon and a stock enriched by…

From the garden: Sweet Corn, Potato, Onion +2 more

60 minserves 4 easy
gluten-freeglut buster
Skillet Chicken Thighs with Honey-Glazed Carrots

Skillet Chicken Thighs with Honey-Glazed Carrots

Crisp-skinned chicken thighs finished in the oven over carrots that braise in the pan drippings with honey…

From the garden: Carrot, Thyme, Garlic

55 minserves 4 easy
gluten-freekid-friendlyone pan
Roast Chicken over Sunchokes and Garlic
In season

Roast Chicken over Sunchokes and Garlic

A whole bird roasted on a bed of sunchokes and unpeeled garlic cloves, so the tubers turn creamy inside and…

From the garden: Sunchoke, Garlic, Shallot +1 more

100 minserves 4 medium
gluten-free · dairy-freeglut busterkid-friendly
Smoky Turkey and Lima Bean Skillet
In season

Smoky Turkey and Lima Bean Skillet

Fresh shelled limas simmered right in the pan with browned ground turkey, tomatoes, thyme, and smoked paprika…

From the garden: Lima Bean, Tomato, Onion +3 more

35 minserves 4 easy
gluten-free · dairy-freeglut busterone pan
Classic Chicken and Rice Soup

Classic Chicken and Rice Soup

The old-fashioned kettle soup where celery leads the mirepoix: poached-and-shredded chicken, rice cooked…

From the garden: Celery, Carrot, Onion +2 more

55 minserves 4 easy
gluten-free · dairy-freekid-friendly
Italian Sausage and Stone Fruit Skillet

Italian Sausage and Stone Fruit Skillet

Browned Italian sausage and caramelized peaches or plums in one skillet with red onion and a balsamic glaze…

From the garden: Stone fruit, Onion, Hardy herbs

35 minserves 4 easy
dairy-freeone pan
Sheet-Pan Sausage with Roasted Root Vegetables
In season

Sheet-Pan Sausage with Roasted Root Vegetables

Caramelized root vegetables and browned sausage off one sheet pan: the empty-the-crisper dinner that makes…

From the garden: Roasting roots, Onion, Hardy herbs

50 minserves 4 easy
gluten-free · dairy-freeglut busterone pan
Skillet Shepherd's Pie

Skillet Shepherd's Pie

The classic cottage-style pie done in one oven-safe skillet: savory ground beef and vegetables under a…

From the garden: Potato, Onion, Carrot +3 more

60 minserves 4 medium
kid-friendly
Apple Cider Chicken Skillet
In season

Apple Cider Chicken Skillet

Seared chicken thighs braised briefly with caramelized apple wedges, onion, and thyme in a tangy…

From the garden: Apple, Onion, Thyme

45 minserves 4 easy
gluten-freeone pan
Balsamic Pear and Chicken Skillet
In season

Balsamic Pear and Chicken Skillet

A one-pan autumn skillet: golden chicken thighs and caramelized pear wedges brought together in a glossy…

From the garden: Pear, Shallot, Hardy herbs

45 minserves 4 easy
gluten-freeone pan
Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Skillet with Thyme

Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Skillet with Thyme

Pan-seared chicken cutlets in a silky mushroom-thyme cream sauce built on white wine and stock: bistro…

From the garden: Thyme, Shallot, Garlic

40 minserves 4 medium
one pan
French Lentils with Smoked Sausage

French Lentils with Smoked Sausage

The French bistro pot of shape-holding green lentils simmered with carrot, thyme, and browned smoked sausage…

From the garden: Lentil, Carrot, Onion +3 more

65 minserves 4 easy
dairy-freeone pan
Hoppin' John (Black-Eyed Peas and Rice)
In season

Hoppin' John (Black-Eyed Peas and Rice)

The Lowcountry classic: black-eyed peas simmered with bacon, onion, celery, and green pepper, served over…

From the garden: Southern Pea, Onion, Pepper +3 more

90 minserves 4 easy
gluten-free · dairy-freeone pan
Leek and White Bean Gratin

Leek and White Bean Gratin

Silky butter-stewed leeks and creamy white beans baked under a crunchy panko-parmesan crust, a French-style…

From the garden: Leek, Garlic, Thyme

55 minserves 4 easy
vegetarianone pan
Pot Roast with a Heap of Carrots

Pot Roast with a Heap of Carrots

A Sunday chuck roast braised in red wine and stock until it falls apart, cooked with two and a half pounds of…

From the garden: Carrot, Onion, Garlic +1 more

205 minserves 6 medium
gluten-free · dairy-freeglut busterone pan
Roast Turkey Breast with Fresh Cranberry Pan Sauce
In season

Roast Turkey Breast with Fresh Cranberry Pan Sauce

A boneless turkey breast roasted in a skillet with thyme and shallots, then a pan sauce built on the…

From the garden: Cranberry, Orange, Shallot +1 more

80 minserves 6 medium
gluten-freeone pan
Tuscan-Style Bean Pot with Fresh Bay
In season

Tuscan-Style Bean Pot with Fresh Bay

White beans simmered the Tuscan way (good olive oil, garlic, tomato, sage, and fresh bay leaves from your own…

From the garden: Bay Laurel, Garlic, Hardy herbs

45 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeone pan
Braised Fennel with Parmesan

Braised Fennel with Parmesan

Fennel wedges browned in butter, braised in stock until they collapse to sweetness, then finished under the…

From the garden: Fennel, Garlic, Thyme

50 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · gluten-freeone pan
Brussels Sprouts with Chestnuts

Brussels Sprouts with Chestnuts

The roast-dinner classic: sprouts browned cut side down in butter with shallots and chestnuts, then finished…

From the garden: Brussels Sprouts, Chestnut, Shallot +1 more

40 minserves 6 easy
vegetarian · gluten-freeone pan
Classic Ratatouille
In season

Classic Ratatouille

The Provençal summer stew: zucchini, eggplant, peppers, and tomatoes each sautéed to keep their character…

From the garden: Summer Squash, Eggplant, Pepper +5 more

70 minserves 4 medium
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeglut buster
Crispy Chicken with Shallot Pan Sauce

Crispy Chicken with Shallot Pan Sauce

A French bistro standard: golden seared chicken breasts and a glossy pan sauce of softened shallots, white…

From the garden: Shallot, Thyme, Parsley

35 minserves 4 easy
gluten-free
Grilled Fish with Salmoriglio
In season

Grilled Fish with Salmoriglio

Firm fish grilled hot and fast, then rested under salmoriglio, the Sicilian sauce of chopped oregano, garlic…

From the garden: Hardy herbs, Potato, Garlic

35 minserves 4 easy
gluten-free · dairy-free
Palestine Soup with Sunchokes
In season

Palestine Soup with Sunchokes

Sunchokes sweated with leek and thyme, simmered until soft and blended silky, the winter soup that English…

From the garden: Sunchoke, Leek, Thyme +1 more

65 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · gluten-freeglut buster
Pork Tenderloin Medallions with Braised Fennel

Pork Tenderloin Medallions with Braised Fennel

Quick-seared pork medallions rested on a bed of fennel wedges simmered until sweet and silky in white wine…

From the garden: Fennel, Garlic, Thyme

45 minserves 4 easy
gluten-free · dairy-freeone pan
Provencal Lamb Chops with Artichokes Barigoule

Provencal Lamb Chops with Artichokes Barigoule

Fresh artichoke hearts braised the Provencal way in white wine with carrot, onion, thyme, and bay, then…

From the garden: Artichoke, Onion, Carrot +3 more

65 minserves 4 medium
gluten-free · dairy-freeone pan
Seared Chicken with Blueberry-Balsamic Pan Sauce

Seared Chicken with Blueberry-Balsamic Pan Sauce

Pan-seared chicken cutlets finished with a glossy blueberry-balsamic pan sauce and served over peppery…

From the garden: Blueberry, Shallot, Thyme +1 more

35 minserves 4 easy
gluten-free
Seared Chicken with Warm Berry Pan Sauce
In season

Seared Chicken with Warm Berry Pan Sauce

Golden pan-seared chicken finished with a glossy sweet-tart sauce of blackberries or raspberries, balsamic…

From the garden: Bramble & wild berries, Shallot, Hardy herbs

35 minserves 4 easy
gluten-free
Skillet-Roasted Wild Tubers with Herbs
In season

Skillet-Roasted Wild Tubers with Herbs

Groundnuts or arrowhead tubers treated exactly like fingerling potatoes: parboiled, then crisped cut-side…

From the garden: Wild tubers, Garlic, Hardy herbs

45 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · gluten-freeone pan
Butter-Glazed Onions with Thyme

Butter-Glazed Onions with Thyme

Oignons glacés à brun, the French roast-table side: small onions braised in butter, sugar, and stock until…

From the garden: Onion, Thyme, Fresh soft herbs

55 minserves 6 easy
vegetarian · gluten-freeone pan
Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic

Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic

The Provençal classic: chicken thighs braised with forty whole garlic cloves, white wine, and thyme until the…

From the garden: Garlic, Thyme

60 minserves 4 medium
gluten-free
Jamaican Brown Stew Chicken
In season

Jamaican Brown Stew Chicken

Chicken browned in caramelized sugar, then braised with a bundle of thyme, scallions, and one whole scotch…

From the garden: Hardy herbs, Green Onion, Onion +3 more

75 minserves 4 medium
dairy-free
Rutabaga and Lentil Cottage Pie

Rutabaga and Lentil Cottage Pie

A winter cottage pie built the northern way, with the mash made from rutabaga: brown lentils and mushrooms…

From the garden: Rutabaga, Potato, Onion +4 more

80 minserves 4 medium
vegetarian · vegan · dairy-free
Smothered Onion Chicken

Smothered Onion Chicken

Southern-style smothered chicken: dredged and browned thighs simmered until tender in a deep onion gravy…

From the garden: Onion, Garlic, Thyme

70 minserves 4 medium
Stewed Okra and Tomatoes
In season

Stewed Okra and Tomatoes

Okra simmered slowly with tomatoes, onion, and bacon until the pods turn silky and thicken the pot, the…

From the garden: Okra, Onion, Tomato +2 more

50 minserves 6 easy
gluten-free · dairy-freeglut buster
Whole Roasted Stuffed Pumpkin
In season

Whole Roasted Stuffed Pumpkin

A whole sugar pumpkin hollowed out, packed with toasted bread, bacon, cheese, and cream, then baked until the…

From the garden: Pumpkin, Onion, Garlic +1 more

120 minserves 4 medium
glut buster
Beef and Mushroom Soup with Whole Grain Berries

Beef and Mushroom Soup with Whole Grain Berries

The old-fashioned beef and barley pot, made with whatever whole grain you threshed: chunks of chuck simmered…

From the garden: Homegrown grains, Onion, Carrot +4 more

120 minserves 6 medium
dairy-free
Chicken and Sausage Gumbo with Okra
In season

Chicken and Sausage Gumbo with Okra

A Louisiana-style gumbo built on a slow, chocolate-brown roux, the holy trinity, smoked sausage, chicken…

From the garden: Okra, Onion, Pepper +3 more

105 minserves 4 involved
dairy-free
Citrus-Herb Roast Chicken
In season

Citrus-Herb Roast Chicken

A whole roast chicken perfumed inside and out with homegrown citrus and woody herbs, roasted hot until the…

From the garden: Citrus, Garlic, Onion +1 more

95 minserves 4 medium
gluten-free · dairy-free
French Onion Soup

French Onion Soup

The bistro classic: onions caramelized slowly to deep mahogany, simmered in stock with thyme and wine, then…

From the garden: Onion, Thyme

95 minserves 4 medium
Provençal Baked Tomatoes
In season

Provençal Baked Tomatoes

Tomates à la provençale: ripe halves roasted under a garlic and parsley crumb until the crust is deep gold…

From the garden: Tomato, Garlic, Parsley +1 more

45 minserves 6 easy
vegetarian · vegan · dairy-freeglut buster
Red Wine Short Ribs over Charred Asparagus

Red Wine Short Ribs over Charred Asparagus

Bone-in beef short ribs braised low in red wine and stock until the meat gives way to a spoon, then served…

From the garden: Asparagus, Onion, Carrot +4 more

220 minserves 4 involved
gluten-free · dairy-free
Sheet-Pan Chicken and Parsnips
In season

Sheet-Pan Chicken and Parsnips

Honey-Dijon chicken thighs roasted over parsnip batons and red onion wedges on one pan: the parsnips…

From the garden: Parsnip, Onion, Garlic +1 more

55 minserves 4 easy
gluten-free · dairy-free
Creamy Root Vegetable Gratin
In season

Creamy Root Vegetable Gratin

Thinly sliced roots layered with garlic cream and baked until browned on top and tender through, the…

From the garden: Roasting roots, Garlic, Thyme

100 minserves 6 medium
vegetarian · gluten-free
Crisp Flaxseed Crackers

Crisp Flaxseed Crackers

Thin, nutty crackers from homegrown flaxseed: the seeds' own gel binds them, so it's just flax, seasoning…

From the garden: Flax, Hardy herbs

55 minserves 6 easy
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-free
Dried Garden Herbs
In season

Dried Garden Herbs

The end-of-season sweep: woody herbs hung in bundles, tender herbs dried gently on low heat, and a winter's…

From the garden: Fresh soft herbs, Hardy herbs

260 min Each big fresh bunch dries down to roughly a quarter-cup jar of whole leaves
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeglut buster
Home-Cured Olives (Brine Method)
In season

Home-Cured Olives (Brine Method)

Raw olives are inedibly bitter off the tree; a patient salt-water cure (no lye, just time and weekly brine…

From the garden: Olive, Garlic, Hardy herbs

40 min Makes about 2 quarts of table olives
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-free

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