Photos of Our Garden Harvest 2017
Check out a small fraction of our garden produce this year in this post. We especially enjoyed those crisp, thick walled red bell peppers raw…
Food
How to Roast Beets (with Photos of Our Bumper Crop)
Try using roasted beets this season! What a welcome thing for us to have in abundance over here!
Photos of Food Presentation
So during food preparation, think ahead to plating the food. Consider the contrast of not only tastes and textures, but color too. If something you are making is complicated, accompany it with something simple.
Simply Delicious Beet Greens (Recipe)
Now is a perfect time to eat the succulently delicious beet greens, which are such a treat. They my favorite cooked green– soft and sweet.
Chef’s Table (Series on Netflix)
Each show of the series highlights one of the chefs from the top 50 restaurants in the world. You explore their world, their food, their outlooks, trials, inspirations, and the path that brought them to where they are today.
Roasted Tomato Sauce Method
We put only tomatoes in this: no oil, no spices or salt, etc, so we can use it in the widest array of applications, seasoning it (or not) later. This stuff can really hold its own and carry the day.
Whole30 Compliant Recipes and Ideas (with Breakfast Photos)
Many of my blog readers have asked me for some Whole30 meal ideas, knowing that I generally eat that way anyway since before the term was coined.
Photos of our Peach Crop
We have a lovely peach crop this year with four trees laden with them. The oldest tree has so many that we’ve had to prop its branches up with 2 x 4’s to help the tree not break under the extra weight.
Vegan and Gluten-Free Breakfast Cookies
I’ve served these to my vegan and gluten–free friends and what I find is I prefer them even though I am neither!
Things to Do with Herbs
Here are lots of ideas of what to do with the fresh herbs that are growing so abundantly in your garden.
Vegetarian Sandwich Ideas
Mix and match your vegetables, fruits, flavors, herbs, sauces, nut butters, and condiments for great vegetarian sandwiches. Be adventurous and have some fun.
Green Harissa Recipe
This is great stuff to add to all sorts of things. Try it in a wrap or on eggs. Put it as a sauce on top of protein. Stir it in a casserole or mix into veggies while they roast.
Tarragon Dressing Recipe
Want a dressing with a different flavor? Then try this delicious tarragon dressing.
Asian Sesame Sauce for Spiralized Carrots
These frozen spiralized carrot “noodles” are available at Trader Joes at low cost and this is the perfect sauce to put on them.
Dulce de Leche Chocolate Tart Recipe
Not too sweet, this is chocolate perfection with an internal ribbon of salted caramel. Just perfect.