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Peaches and Cream Pancakes

Seasonal Recipe: SummerSustained KitchenSeptember 12, 2021peach pancakes, pancakes, breakfast, breakfast recipes, easy, quick, fruit, summer, summer breakfast, sustained kitchen, recipes, recipeComment

Crustless Plum, Blueberry and Almond Tart

This week I really wanted to post something healthy and veg-centric, but clearly, that didn't happen. Normally when I head to the farmers market, I have a few vague recipe ideas in mind, but nothing too concrete. This week I was a little low on ideas and was just waiting to be inspired by whatever veggies looked good. But when I saw my favorite vendor's pints of blueberries lined up perfectly next to their baskets of plums, it was just too much to resist. Especially since summer fruits are quickly dwindling, I was itching to buy them while I still could.

Fall Produce Guide

Chilly mornings are starting to creep in, PSLs have infiltrated coffee shops everywhere and autumn fruits and veggies will be hitting the farmers markets soon. In this post, I’ll tell you all about the produce pals you need to be eating this fall.

Baked Plum Oatmeal

Seasonal Recipe: SummerSustained KitchenAugust 25, 2019breakfast, easy, fast, quick, food, recipe, oatmeal, fruit, healthy, sustainable, sustainable cooking, sustainable food, sustained kitchen, 9 ingredients, less than 10 ingredients, pantry staplesComment

Watermelon, Raspberry and Mint Smoothies

Smoothies were one of the first foods I learned to prepare on my own as a kid since making them is as simple as chucking a bunch of produce into a blender and zhuzhing it up. The smoothies of my youth often featured slightly freezer-burned strawberries and peaches, along with some orange juice.

Summer Produce Guide

Produce absolutely pops off during summer in the Midwestern U.S. Farmers markets are thriving and farm stands seem to occupy the corner of every other block. In this post, I’ll tell you all about my favorite summer fruits and veggies and how I like to eat them.

Strawberry Graham Scones

I know I'm not alone in saying that the BA test kitchen chefs on YouTube, from Brad to Claire to Carla to Rick to all the other charismatically cool chefs, have stolen my heart. So when I stumbled upon these Strawberry Graham Scones on the BA site, I knew I had to try them.

Sustainability Profile: Bananas

In the U.S. we're kind of banana crazy. We turn them into smoothies and desserts, slather them with PB, put 'em on sammies, transform them into bread and so much more. In this post, I'll explain the major sustainability issues associated with bananas.