Food
“Food is better when it’s how God made it.”
- Josie, age 6
Josie’s original snack recipes
Carrot knots: shave strips from a large carrot and tie the strips into knots (p.s., don’t give carrots to bunnies; too much sugar)
Toad on a nut: use cream cheese as glue to stick a chocolate chip on a walnut half
Fancy trail mix: mix together chocolate chips, craisins, peanuts, slivered almonds, freeze-dried strawberries, pretzel sticks
Something savory: cheese cubes and popcorn
Garden tea: pick 2 mint leaves and 2 basil leaves, grind them in a mortar and pestle, and steep for 2 minutes in hot water
Josie’s original meal recipes
Pesto: blend together kale, spinach, basil, hard cheese, walnuts, salt, olive oil, lemon zest and juice; serve with noodles, on grilled salmon, or on grilled cheese
Jalmon: bake or grill salmon, then spread blueberry jam on top
Egg English muffin: fry an egg runny style; toast an English muffin; spread butter on the English muffin, then add shredded cheese, fresh spinach, and the runny egg
Simple spinach salad: squeeze lime juice on fresh baby spinach, then sprinkle salt and drizzle olive oil
Josie’s restaurant recommendations
MacHenry’s Meat & 3: favorite menu items are catfish, mac & cheese, honey butter roll, garden veggies, chicken tenders, mashed potatoes, banana pudding, lemonade
Burger Up: favorite menu items are grilled cheese, sliders, grilled salmon, turkey burger, bison cheeseburger, pickle spear, fries, steamed spinach
North Italia: favorite menu items are olive oil noodles, pesto pasta with fried capers, cheese board
Bar Taco: favorite menu items are TACOS, fruit skewers, kids guac and chips, and TACOS
Ginza: favorite menu items are edamame, miso soup, California roll, Philadelphia roll, cucumber roll
Garden ideas
Tomatoes. Snap peas. Basil. Carrots. Beets.
Strawberries. Mustard greens. Collards. Kale.
Information: Carrots and beets are ready to pull when you see orange or red sticking out of the dirt (p.s., split open carrots are overripe).
For best taste, pick snap peas before they get really fat.
Use chicken wire to keep bunnies out. Use bird netting over tomato plants to keep squirrels from eating the green ones.