by Judy | Sep 1, 2010 | Gardening, Recipes
Four plus pounds of various beans are pictured. I was nearly bowled over at the amount of beans I picked. If you had asked me a couple months ago I would have said we’d be lucky to get a handful. Since Noel didn’t get around to fencing the garden this year, creatures of all sorts have been nibbling everywhere. At least half of the bean plants were chomped off to within 4 inches of the ground. This mixed batch of beans was blanched for the freezer and our...
by Judy | Aug 22, 2010 | CobraHead, Recipes
This recipe was a collaborative effort between Geoff and me. Quinoa potato soup was a staple in Ecuador where Geoff spent a year studying in college. We made up a recipe based upon his memory of an Ecuadorean soup. Due to an abundance of summer squash in the garden we added that in, and I thought a bit of fresh cilantro wouldn’t hurt. It still seemed to need a little more spark so Geoff added some chipotle peppers that we had left over from another dish. ...
by Judy | Aug 5, 2010 | Gardening, Recipes
It definitely depends upon your perspective. For us we’re at the beginning of the summer squash season, and so far so good. I’ve been very diligent in checking and picking the young fruits every day. Yesterday morning I looked to see what we’d have for dinner & decided to pick the zucchini just before cooking. I’m positive that the earmarked one was twice the size from morning ‘til night. Well…at least 50% bigger! They will get ahead of me, they always...
by Judy | Jun 29, 2010 | Gardening, Recipes
Our June-bearing strawberry patch is done for the year. The berries needed to be picked every day for about 3 weeks or so. We put some away in the freezer – bagged a few for future smoothies, sliced and lightly sugared some for future short cakes or pies and made a couple jars of jam. The best part of having backyard berries is eating them fresh every day. But have you ever wished for something just a little bit more than fresh fruit for dessert but no time...
by Judy | Jun 14, 2010 | Recipes
Asparagus Biscuit Loaf Following is my vegetarian version of a Tuna Biscuit Ring recipe that I cut out of a Gold Medal Flour bag almost 40 years ago. I’ve served it a lot over the years sometimes using salmon. I stopped making it into a ring shape because it was almost always lopsided though very interesting! When I managed to shape it just right it was quite the centerpiece on the table. I also cut back on tuna, though I love it, because of the mercury...
