Mixed Greens Blog

Mixed Greens Blog
Living Sustainably in the Pacific Northwest

Tag Archive for ‘corn’

What’s Hot? Roasted Peppers

Roasted peppers are my latest obsession at the farmers market — Billy’s roasted peppers. They’re only going to be there for a couple more weeks, but they’re simple to freeze to use later. The wonderfully smoky aroma that fills the market when they’re roasting gets me every time. One whiff of that and I’m [...]

Sustaining Succotash

The succotash I grew up with — frozen lima beans and corn — hardly did justice to the ancient origins of this combination. Originally, it was a Native American dish using two of the oldest and most important foods in our culture, corn and beans. Succotash doesn’t seem to be well known in the Pacific [...]