Indigo House Front Porch Dinners
Dear Food Folks: There are only 6 more weekends to enjoy my fall history cuisine series at Indigo House. Welcome and enjoy the front porch of my farmstead home where you will hear the rush of the river, enjoy the…
Tis the Season for Leni’s Basil Paste
My simple version of Basil Pesto It’s almost sacrilegious to admit that I do not care for the traditional pesto; not with pine nuts, not with walnuts, not with Parmesan. To my taste buds those mixtures always taste too ‘busy’!…
10 chickens in the Indigo House Kitchen
In mid-June when the 60 medium-sized chickens that were on shares went to be processed I was left with 10 birds too small to send. I decided to raise them for myself and let them get pretty big over the…
Join me on my new adventure
Welcome to the new Indigo House website. I am a very happy camper! The time has come share my usual hands-on, in-person cookery, gardening, and animal raising knowledge in new ways. Thanks to the endless hours spent by Kierk, my…
Chicken shares at Indigo House
Here at Indigo House I’m going back to being a chicken farmer! I’m starting with a batch of 75 Jumbo Cross Rock meat bird chicks. We have had nothing but delicious success with this variety of broiler since we first…
Leni’s Hummus
Specially for Chris – here’s my recipe for basic hummus. It’s more a guide than strict amounts but that’s how I most often cook. I see at the store that one can buy ready-made hummus with lots of different…
