Grow your own green onions

Put the root end of green onions in water in a sunny window. Good for 3 cuttings.

Patio to table basil

Home grown

Deconstructed Deviled Eggs

chilled hard boiled egg halved
mayonnaise
chive
salt
pepper

Smear mayo on egg; sprinkle on chive, salt, pepper.
Much better than it sounds. Get creative.

Baratza Encore Burr Coffee Grinder

First grind

Pasta in cream sauces with ham and peas

1 cup heavy cream
3/4 cup diced ham
1/2 cup peas
8 oz good pasta
salt
pepper
Romano cheese

Reduce cream in a sauce pan. Add ham, peas, salt and pepper.

Cook pasta per directions to about 3/4 done. Drain.

Add pasta to sauce.

Bircher Muesli

1 1/4 cup muesli

• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 teaspoon flax seed
• 1 teaspoon sunflower seed
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin seed

1/2 cup milk
3/4 cup plain yogurt
1 tbsp honey
1 apple grated
2 strawberries sliced
1/2 banana sliced

Mix but don't brutalize it
Serve with more berries, fruit, etc
Survives covered in fridge for 2 days

Chicken Meatballs with Yunnen Baio and Turkey Tail Mushrooms

Alpine Cooking, Recipes and Stories from Europe's Grand Mountaintops by Meredith Erikson

Tacos, Recipes and Provocations by Alex Stupak and Jordana Rothman

Audrey at Home, Memories of my Mother's Kitchen by Luca Dotti