What’s Cookin’

Food fact: Beets – Last growing season Chewonki farmers harvested 416 lbs of beets. We store the beets in our temperature controlled root cellar where they will keep until the end of February. Beets have the highest sugar content of any vegetable with 7.96 grams of sugar per 100 grams. This makes them perfect for things

We have a lot of eggs! The chickens at Chewonki are currently producing more than one hundred eggs a day. Participants and students have cared for chickens here on campus so we say thanks to them for laying (get it?) the ground for this bounty. You may ask “what in the world are we doing

Here at Chewonki we have many bags of celeriac stored in our root cellar. Celeriac is a cousin of celery but the root is the edible part. Stalks would make a great addition to a vegetable stock, but usually when you see a celeriac in the market the stalks are removed. Celeriac is round and about the size of a rutabaga.

We serve Baked Oatmeal on a regular basis and it is a favorite. We’ve made it with

Basic Popcorn – makes about 6 cups
(You could alternatively use

Serves 4 – 6 people Total prep time 1 hour Ingredients: One small butternut squash (or half of a large) One box pasta, any shape 2 cups shredded cheddar, monterey or any cheese of choice or a combination 2 cups whole milk 2 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon cornstarch mixed into three tablespoons milk salt and