Wednesday of this week was officially St. Patrick’s Day, and to celebrate I decided to prepare a traditional Irish Lamb Stew. Fortunately we received just about all of the fixings required last week from our CSA. This was another great crock pot meal, and one that takes advantage of all the seasonal roots that are just beginning to come in: turnips, rutabagas, potatoes, and carrots. Also, it gets a great flavor from using the “less undesirables” of a lamb – the…

For Round Two of the cabbage onslaught I decided to do something quick and easy (yet tasty) and that I could bang together quickly as I have not yet got used to this crazy daylight savings time thing. It seems to get late before you know it. For this meal I prepped a Cabbage Slaw with Dijon Mustard Vinaigrette and quick seared some thick Pork Chops for a topper. The only thing in this meal that takes any time at all is…

Birds building nests? Daffodils and Jonquils popping their pretty little heads above the ground? Forsythia in full bloom? No, not any of those – it is opening weekend of the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) at the Yaarab Shrine on Ponce! On Saturday night the Atlanta Roller Girls opened it up with a elbow throwing, jaw bashing, death defying grudge match between The Apocalypstix and the Sake Tuyas. This bout-turned-to-rout ended in an utter blowout by the Apocalypstix, 149…

I have been on the road so much lately, I have not really been able to cook much. But now that I am home for spring break, I can make up for lost time. Good thing too, as when I went to pick up our weekly box from the CSA, I found 2 heads of cabbage mixed in amongst the harvested bounty. Of all the goodies that we received, why is the cabbage of note? Well, last week we also received two heads…