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Category Archives: Recipes
Garden-Fresh Salsa Fresca Recipe
Some tomatoes are lingering on my kitchen counter. And would you look there? Some beautiful peppers just showed up by way of a generous co-worker enjoying a rich bounty. The stage is set to whip up a homemade batch of … Continue reading
Baked Parmesan Zucchini Chips Recipe
When summer is in full swing, zucchini shows up in a lot of recipes, but few are so addictive as baked zucchini chips. Dredged in panko bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese, these crispy chips with just a touch of heat … Continue reading
Sweet Potato Pie Recipe
What’s the difference between a yam and a sweet potato? Like so many things, it depends on who you ask. Native to South America, the sweet potato was first cultivated over 5000 years ago. Christopher Columbus encountered them on his expedition … Continue reading
Grilled Tomatoes Are Sizzling Good Eating
With garden tomatoes hitting their summer stride, the homegrown vegetable that’s really a fruit shows up in everything from soups and salads to refreshing spicy sorbet. Although one may not normally associate tomatoes with outdoor cooking, grilling firm tomatoes of … Continue reading
Homemade Candy Cane Recipe
According to legend, in 1670, the choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany, frustrated by the restlessness of children during services, enlisted a local candy maker to help him resolve the problem for the upcoming Nativity pageant. The clever confectioner … Continue reading
Holiday Cookies with Herbs from the Garden
How soon do you start baking your Christmas cookies? Just a couple of weeks from the big day and I’m already feeling behind on my holiday preparations. Ho ho ho. Getting a slight jump by baking some of the cookies … Continue reading
How to Make Sun-dried Tomatoes
Before canning changed the face of food preservation, the most common method for preparing tomatoes for winter storage was dehydration. Left in the sun for a few days, the popular summer fruit became dry, leathery and could be stored for … Continue reading
Homemade Pickled Peaches How To
Peaches are among the easiest crops to preserve for long-term use. Peaches may be dehydrated, cooked into jam, frozen or canned in heavy syrup, but one of our favorite methods is pickling. Sweet and sour with warm highlights of cinnamon … Continue reading
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DIY Peppermint Extract
Ok, I’ll say it. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Hard to miss. I have been reminded by the sights and sounds since sometime around Halloween (like it or not). I’m happy to report the calendar has finally … Continue reading
Homemade Mint Jelly
Sweet mint jelly can be paired with cheese and crackers, used as a dessert topping or spread on toast, but it’s best known use is as a condiment for lamb. The tradition of serving lamb with mint began in a … Continue reading
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