Adventures — the cook & the garden

Sweet Potato Chocolate Ginger Thanksgiving!

Desserts, Autumn, Adventures, WinterCathy ClearyNovember 20, 2018sweet potatos, sweet, sweets, Sweet Potato Pie, ginger, chocolate, chocolate chips, winter recipes, Thanksgiving, Pie, pie crust, celebrations, square dance, dance

CFSA Sustainable Agriculture Conference!

Appetizers & Snacks, Adventures, Winter, AutumnCathy ClearyNovember 14, 2018pimento cheese, CFSA, Bountiful Cities, Athens Land Trust, Bounty & Soul, Apple Chips, Conference, Southern Harvest Cookbook, workshop, sustainable agriculture, home grown, Chinese 5 spice powder

So Many Stories of Food!

Visit Farms and be Inspired!

A visitor checks out the flowers at Flying Cloud Farm in Fairview. Flying Cloud is one of nearly two dozen area farms participating in the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project's 10th annual Farm Tour. Photo by Colin Wiebe

Adventures, The Garden, Summer, VegetablesCathy ClearyJune 26, 2018Farm Tour, Flying Cloud Farm, Hickory Nut Gap, Farm House Beef, Flowers

Totally Nuts!

Learn how to go nuts in my first COVER STORY in the Mountain Xpress!

Adventures, Desserts, Autumn, DrinksCathy ClearyFebruary 26, 2018nuts, acorns, hickory nuts, black walnuts, chai, brownies, Acornucopia Project, local food, nut milk

Off the Grid - Pedal to Plate

It takes just the right kind of person to enjoy spending an entire Sunday riding up and down steep mountain inclines with bicycle pedal power in order to see small farms in action. I guess I fall into that “right person” category because I had a ridiculously good time at Pedal to Plate in Madison County.

Adventures, Appetizers & Snacks, The Garden, SummerCathy ClearyOctober 9, 2017Farm Tour, Cycling, pedal to plate, Farm to table, sunchoke

Blueberry Waterfall Birthday Cake

It wasn't my idea to run 14 miles through the woods scaling ridges and fording slippery rocked streams to celebrate our birthdays. We can blame that one on Elizabeth. Luckily I am a glutton for punishment and I can't think of a better way to spend a day.

Adventures, Gluten-Free, The Garden, Desserts, Dairy Free, SummerCathy ClearyJune 26, 2017blueberry, gluten free, dairy free, cake, birthday cake, coconut flour, Dupont State Forest, Running, Waterfals

Goats and Rhubarb

Rhubarb Ginger Mostarda with Goat Cheese inspired by our new arrivals out on the farm! Welcome Buckwheat and Snowflake!

Appetizers & Snacks, AdventuresCathy ClearyJune 14, 2017goat cheese, snacks, appetizers, rhubarb, ginger, mostarda, relish, pickle, cheese

FEAST in the Sunny Point Garden! Plus pig and pickles

I'm so excited to help organize this event with such generous businesses! On August 7th, 2017 Riverbend Malt is donating a pig (fattened on their spent grain) and Sunny Point Cafe is preparing a FEAST to benefit FEAST!

Appetizers & Snacks, Adventures, The GardenCathy ClearyJune 12, 2017refrigerator pickles, pickles, cucumbers, FEAST, events, Riverbend Malt, Sunny Point Cafe, Pig, pork, spices, sandwich, beer, Oskar Blues, fundraiser, garden, garden tour, party

Free Cookies

I have a lot of experience making cookies, but not so much experience with political activism. My safe estimate is over 100, 000 cookies baked, and probably 30ish rallies and protests.

Adventures, Desserts, Autumn, Spring, Summer, WinterCathy ClearyMay 1, 2017activism, politics, cookies, values, volunteer, freedom, rolled oats, oat flour, sugar, coconut flour, potato flour, nutmeg, baking powder, vanilla extract, chocolate chips, nuts, dried fruit, baking, community, sweets, treats, desserts, children, kid-friendly

Extreme Canoeing

It will be fine! I kept telling myself, as the weather reports showed rain, wind, and temperatures in the low 20’s forecast for our weekend canoeing adventure on the Roanoke River.

AdventuresCathy ClearyMarch 23, 2017canoeing, camping, rain, Roanoke River, collards, olives, collard greens, whiskey, cheese, Cypress Grill, tacos, Sunnyside Oyster Bar, Williamston, nc, cathycleary.com, thecookandgarden.com

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