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Nourish's Good Food Party Demo Recipes

Nourish’s Good Food Party Demo Recipes

I had a great time at Nourish’s Good Food Party on Friday evening!  I did demos for Glacial Hills Farm and Old Plank Farm. We did a Harvest Stew, a family favorite and a Curried Soup with Apples and Squash.

The Harvest Stew

This is just something a throw together that is a little different everytime.

3 large heirloom tomatoes

4-6 potatoes

a handful of kale

1-2 # winter or summer squash

1 medium…

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Seasonal Salsas or No, I am not asking you to dance!

Seasonal Salsas or No, I am not asking you to dance!

Hey everybody!  Chef Todd here after a huge week and weekend of catering and hanging out at the Sheboygan Farmer’s Market with my friends at Nourish!  We did three wonderful salsas to share with the market shoppers and I would like to share the recipes here!

Classic Tomato Salsa

6 large, meaty tomatoes

1 red onion

1 jalapeno or other spicy pepper

2 t olive oil

salt

pepper

2 t cumin

1 T chopped…

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Touring the Orchard and Dealing With Pests

Touring the Orchard and Dealing With Pests

yToday’s episode of Under the Apple Tree is a really cool tour of the orchard and garden, with some great music by Jeff Hinnendale.  Also I shared some recipes for compost tea and a pest control solution.  I will share them here, as well.

If you haven’t seen it yet, here is the link to this week’s episode… https://youtu.be/HNYLXH61uqE  Compost Tea

5 gallon bucket

burlap bag

dried leaves,…

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A Mediterranean Brunch or What the Heck's an Aubergine?

Hey everybody!  I did a really fun Greek inspired brunch for some friends this weekend.  Amy’s pictures were so good, I had do share.

This is a hearty, county style bread.  Served with honey butter.

This is a souvlaki style grilled chicken breast with Spinach and Tomato and Tzatziki

Tomato and Feta Quinoa Salad, the vinaigrette is a white balsamic and orange.

This is Eggplant(aubergine) with…

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Premier of Under the Apple Tree

Premier of Under the Apple Tree

Hey everybody!  The premier of Under the Apple Tree is today after my Fox11 appearance!  Tune in to both! Here is the focaccia recipe featured in this week’s Under the Apple Tree.  I hope you all enjoy the video and try out the recipe!  Have a great weekend! Follow us at @appletreeshow. And subscribe to the Under the Apple Tree YouTube channel.  Post questions for me to answer in either place!   

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Aqua Fresca with Rhubarb, Kiwi, and Herbs or Looking for Refreshment in all the Wrong Places...

Aqua Fresca with Rhubarb, Kiwi, and Herbs or Looking for Refreshment in all the Wrong Places…

I just tasted the drink I made for today’s video, and oh my, it is refreshing!   We talked about Aqua Fresca, or flavored water.  We used the following

2 cups cold water, bottle, filtered, whatever you use

1 stalk garden fresh rhubarb

1 kiwi (not local) 

2 mint leaves, a few arugula leaves, and a couple basil leaves Simply mix ingredients together and roughly blend or mash with you preferred…

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Penning pertaining to problematic pests!  Or Dealing with bugs in the garden

Penning pertaining to problematic pests!  Or Dealing with bugs in the garden

Hey everybody thanks for checking us out!   Recently, I have had some questions posed regarding dealing with pests in the yard and garden.  Most of us want to avoid harmful chemicals, especially around food.  I. Have three ideas to present here.  

First, the most basic pest control is manual. Pick bugs off of plants and put them in some soapy dishwater. You can also put this in a spray bottle or…

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Debuting Nourish and the Culinary Art Car or Han Solo and Sulu got nothing on me!

Debuting Nourish and the Culinary Art Car or Han Solo and Sulu got nothing on me!

    Hey everybody!  Saturday was Nourish’s opportunity to unveil the Culinary Art Car at one of our events.  Last year at the fundraiser (which is coming up on October 3 this year).  A Plymouth family had the winning bid to bring us and the Art Car to their home for a catered party!  It was a great event with a ton of fun had by all and the food was well liked!  We served curried chicken salad…

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Sheboygan Farmer's Market on July 20th

Sheboygan Farmer’s Market on July 20th

Hey everybody!  Had a ton of fun in Sheboygan area this weekend.  Camping, farmer’s market, and a brief demo at the Midsummer Festival of the Arts to mark the the debut of the culinary art car!  Amy helped with all of it, also.  One of my favorite things about working with Nourish, is the opportunities presented for Amy and the boys to hang out with me!

We sampled a wonderful cucumber salad with…

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Farmer's Market Finds on Fox 11!!

Farmer’s Market Finds on Fox 11!!

I was invited back to Good Day WI for a couple segments with Emily Deem.  We talked about fresh food, hunger, and shared a few recipes!  Check out the videos here. http://fox11online.com/2014/07/13/farm-market-recipes-from-chef-todd-bowman/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6T1ImqUBjM

And then this great still from the television!

Summer Berry Sangria with Rhubarb 1 250ml bottle of red wine…

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Cherries and Berries and (flaming) Booze, oh my!

Cherries and Berries and (flaming) Booze, oh my!

Hey everybody!  We are starting to see more fresh produce at the farmer’s market and in our backyards, but it still seems pretty slow.  The rest of the summer I am conducting Garden-to-table classes at Cook’s Corner ( cookscorner.com)  in Green Bay on Wednesday evenings.  The last class was about Cherries and Berries.  We updated some classics by adding rhubarb to a cherries jubilee and prepared…

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Volunteer Day with Nourish!

Volunteer Day with Nourish!

The kids volunteered with NOURISH Farm to Family Philanthropyon Tuesday. They toured and helped out some on the farm and then brought the goods to the Salvation Army and helped prepare a fantastic dinner of garden fresh salad, pasta and chicken with local basil and garlic scape pesto, rhubarb focaccia bread, and lemon and local rhubarb bars! It’s a great family experience. We have plenty of…

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Garden Update

Hey everybody! There is nothing better than to toil in the soil! We have been working hard the last few weeks and loved every moment of it.

Despite the weather working against us for the most of the spring, we are happy to report we are looking better than we have the last few years at this time.

We started peppers, tomatoes, eggplant, Brussels sprouts, watermelons, and pumpkins in the house some…

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Bachelorette Party Cooking Demo

Bachelorette Party Cooking Demo

    Hey everybody!   Last week I had an opportunity to conduct a cooking demo for a bachelorette party.  One of the ladies was kind enough to share some pictures with me so I thought I would post and share a little about the party. The class was conducted at Cook’s Corner in Green Bay.  We do similar parties in our or other folks’ homes.   One of the first discussions we have when talking about…

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Hanging a Plate Collage or Can I Help You, Ma'am?

Hanging a Plate Collage or Can I Help You, Ma’am?

Hey everybody!  In an effort to do something about our sad, blue dining room wall, we decided to try a plate collage.  Amy has wanted to do one for awhile.  I love the idea, but it took me some time to get on board.  My concerns were in how to hang them while meeting three important criteria.  First, I want to know they will stay where we put them.  Secondly, we need to be sure the entire collage…

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Garden Update or Sowing the Seeds

Garden Update or Sowing the Seeds

Hey everybody!  Spent the day outside and you can’t wipe the smiles from our faces!  It is amazing how underneath that clean, pristine layer of snow is a dirty, muddy visage complete with 5 months of litter from our busy street!  We spent the day getting the yard picked up, taking down outdoor holiday lights, cleaning the garage, and working on an awesome re-purpose project that we will share…

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