Taco salad is my favorite type of salad and is so versatile. With these salads I kind of eyeball the amount of ingredients and the directions are very basic. I have tried to provide a baseline on how much you need, but some experimentation will be needed to get the perfect salad. Penner Holiday Taco…
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Garlic Scape Pesto
Ingredients: 1/3 cup nuts (cashews, pine nuts, almonds….. Traditionally pine nuts are used) 1 cup finely diced garlic scapes 1/2 cup basil leaves 1/2 cup cheese. Traditionally Parmesan cheese is uses. 2 tsp lemon juice 1/2 cup Olive oil Directions: Blend all the ingredients, except the olive oil. Once everything is well blended add/drizzle in…
Baby Greens Salad
Ingredients: 3 cups greens (baby kale, baby Swiss chard, baby beet leaves, lettuce, and/or spinach) 3/4 cup crumbled feta cheese 1/3 cup slivered or whole almonds 1/3 cup fresh sliced strawberries, raspberries, or blueberries Optional ingredient: 2 chicken breasts sliced Dressing: 1/4 cup vinegar. Rice, wine, or cider vinegar works well when making dressings. 2…
Garlic Scapes 101 and Recipes.
What are garlic scapes and how do you use them? If you grow hardneck garlic and have planted it in the fall in July you’ll start seeing these weird loops. These loops are called garlic scapes. If the scapes are not harvested they form a flower or bulbils. Inside these bulbils are “seeds” and they…
Preserving Herbs
I think the worse way of preserving herbs is to just hang them and hope they dry. It just seems so unsanitary to me. In my condo I have 5 cats so hanging them to dry would be not doable and drying them at the garden I just think of all the dust and dirt…
Edible Flowers
Flowers are so versatile. They add colors to gardens and they add colors to our homes through bouquets. Flowers can also add color to beverages, food, and desserts. There are many edible flowers and the bonus is there are a lot of them that grow well in containers so you get double the benefits: color…
Winter Squashes 101
Butternut: I grow 3 different varieties of butternuts: a butternut that gets huge and weight over 9 lbs. These are perfect for pureeing and freezing so you have squash for use through the year or cube and freeze. Butternuts also are nice in fall displays. I’m trying for my third year to grow a butternut…
Veggie Roll
Found this recipe in an old Mennonite cookbook. A perfect snack or have it for faspa. Growing up faspa was for Sunday supper and including buns, jam, pickles, cheese, and deli meat. Instead of buns, have some veggie rolls. Ingredients: Tbsp spreadable Cream Cheese 1 Tbsp ranch dressing (either powder form or liquid) 1 ten…
My Greek Salad Recipe
Ingredients: Cherry Tomatoes Feta Cheese Cucucumbers Olives Greek and Feta Dressing I don’t measure my ingredients. I just mix up all my ingredients in a soup bowl. I keep adding ingredients till full. A general idea for one person would be 1 slicer cucumber, 1 cup cherry tomatoes (at farmers’ markets they often come in…
Dilly Dips.
Dill Weed Dip 1 cup mayo, miracle whip, or plain yogurt 2 cups sour cream Shake of onion powder or dice finely a tsp of fresh onions or onions greens Shake of garlic powder or dice finely a tsp of garlic or garlic scapes. 1/2 cup dill or more to taste. Mix together ingredients, chill,…
Pumpkinist Lora 