Spatula Diaries by Maggie Heyn Richardson – Easy alternative to canned pumpkin

My 10-year-old daughter has been studying Native Americans in social studies, and she’s been intrigued by the trio of crops known as the Three Sisters. Planted together, corn, beans and squash were the agricultural backbone of many tribes because they produced foods that could be eaten immediately, preserved or converted to other staples. Mass production has long since swallowed up these crops in America—especially corn—but locally grown specimens from small family farms are within reach at our local farmers markets. Read more…