Category: Garden

  • Sweet and Spicy Thai Dipping Sauce

    Sweet and Spicy Thai Dipping Sauce

    I recently harvested about 2 1/2 gallons of garlic. I am sharing my new favorite garlic recipe today along with some old favorites like garlic confit and roasted garlic soup to name a few.

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  • Chickpea, Artichoke, & Tomato Salad with Feta

    Chickpea, Artichoke, & Tomato Salad with Feta

    I knew from the get-go that my Salad-a-Day theme for the Summer of 2016 would not be a daily occurrence but I really thought I would do better. Finally, I am posting another salad today.

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  • Garlic Scapes and Kale

    Garlic Scapes and Kale

    Nope, I’m not posting a salad recipe today either but this leafy green veggie dish is 100% locally grown in our own garden and yard. (And, it is delicious!)

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  • Asparagus with Chive Seasoned Mayo

    Asparagus with Chive Seasoned Mayo

    Although technically not a salad, this dish is good served warm or cold the next day as a salad-like lunch.

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  • Bee-Friendly Gardens

    Bee-Friendly Gardens

    Become a pollinator steward and plant a bee friendly garden. Not only will you be helping the bees, you will also have a garden to envy with year-long blooms and an abundant vegetable harvest.

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  • Surprise Carrot Cake for Blogger CLUE

    Surprise Carrot Cake for Blogger CLUE

    The theme for this month’s Blogger C.L.U.E. Society is EASTER. See what I whipped up for an Easter dessert.

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  • Meyer Lemon Bars (with Graham Cracker Crust)

    Meyer Lemon Bars (with Graham Cracker Crust)

    Lucky me. I have a surplus of Meyer lemons. What’s a girl to do but make lemon bars.

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  • Peppered-Cherry Vinaigrette

    Peppered-Cherry Vinaigrette

    I hope the hyphenated adjective above describes this recipe a bit better.  I felt totally inadequate with my Cherry-Pepper Jelly and I know that I led some readers astray thinking that I had made a preserve with cherry peppers (instead of jalapenos and dried cherries). Anywhoo, I wanted to be a little clearer with the…

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  • Cherry-Pepper Jelly

    Cherry-Pepper Jelly

    This recipe uses dried cherries, jalapenos, and one green pepper for a new twist on regular pepper jelly.

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  • Spiced Grape-Orange Jam

    Spiced Grape-Orange Jam

    Just enough grapes this year for one batch of jam—an experiment to combine all my favorite recipes into one. See how it turned out.

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