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I've made salad, sauce, soup, salsa and juice. I've pureed, mash, strained and peeled. I've frozen, canned and thrown away. And every time I go down to the potager there are more. There are now more green ones than all the ripe ones put together. In an effort to reproduce before winter they are ripening … Continue reading…
Important lesson: always wash the basil before using….and look at the underside of the leaves. I don't know who/what laid this cluster of eggs but I, while I realize that it probably would not have added significant protein or flavor to my tomatoes, I am just as glad that I noticed it before it was … Continue reading…
The zucchini (courgette) have finally slowed down (and a lot more have gone on the compost pile) and the green beans are tapering off. The tomatoes, however, are back. They slowed down for a week or so, during a brief cool spell, which made me start searching for green tomato recipes (found lots). Then, the … Continue reading…
Every day I read other food blogs. Those lucky cooks are finding mirabelles here, sour cherries there, a lovely box of fresh-pi.jpgcked mushrooms, the first of the butternut squash… I think of how nice it must be: to go to market, see something wonderful, decide what I to do with it and decide whether or … Continue reading…
Go directly to recipe Everyday I go down to the garden and pick all of the long, green things…and everyday there are still more to pick! I've fixed them in every way known to man (and woman), cold, hot, raw, cooked, shredded, cubed, sliced, sauced, stuffed and spiced. I've put them in everything I could … Continue reading…
Could there have been a typo in the biblical story about the loaves and fishes? A word translated with the wrong nuance? If a food was going to multiply to feed the masses surely it was a zucchini, not a fish. If my garden is any indication of the willingness and energy a zucchini plant … Continue reading…
After weeks of me fussing and fretting over it, the potager (vegetable garden) has finally started to produce. I can hear the garden gods laughing "you wanted it; here it is". Now comes the eternal question: What do I do with all of it? The freezer is slowly filling up with courgette: (zucchini), freezer bags … Continue reading…