Tag: tomatoes
5 Ways to Use Late-Season Cherry Tomatoes
Cherry tomatoes are like the Energizer Bunny of the tomato world. They start producing early, and just keep going – long after their larger siblings give up for the winter. But there are many ways to save and use late-season cherry tomatoes, before the frost finishes them off for another year! America’s favorite backyard garden […]
Make Your Own Vegetable Powders
Turn dehydrated garden vegetables into multi-use powders. Homemade vegetables powders are a great way to use up the dwindling garden harvest. Which Vegetables Should Be Used For Powders? Almost any vegetable can be dried. Here are some of my favorites: Roots: beets, carrots, sweet potatoes, rutabagas Fruits: tomatoes, corn, zucchini, winter squash, peppers Greens: beet […]
10 Ways to Preserve Garden Tomatoes
Canning, freezing, and other creative ways to keep enjoying your garden tomatoes all year long. 1. If you have LOTS of tomatoes to handle, why not make your own fresher, healthier catsup? Find the step-by-step instructions on the Pick Your Own site. 2. On the other hand, if you don’t want to do all that […]
Make Your Own Dried Tomatoes in Oil
How to safely preserve dried tomatoes in oil – at home! You grow tomatoes. You eat tomatoes. You eat more tomatoes. You can tomatoes. You can tomato puree. You can tomato juice. You dehydrate tomatoes. You roast tomatoes. In desperation you even chop and freeze tomatoes (ok, maybe that’s just me). But as a safe […]
Canning Your Homemade Salsa Recipe
Is it safe to can your homemade salsa? Under some circumstances, yes. Under other circumstances, no. “I have a great homemade salsa recipe. Everyone in the family loves it. Since I grow my own onions, tomatoes, and peppers I like to put up jars of salsa every year. Do I need to process the jars […]
Lazy Night Vegetarian Pasta
Feeling lazy? Vegetarian pasta is the answer when you are just too tired to spend hours cooking. I have always found Thursday to be the toughest night of the week. We are all tired, but still have another full day to go before we can rest. When the kids were little, Thursday night was pizza […]
Should You Fear Potato Salad?
14 Food Safety Tips Prevent Botulism in Home Canned Foods You may have heard about the recent botulism cases in Ohio. At this writing, 21 people have been infected with botulism resulting in one death. I don’t pretend to have any direct knowledge of this tragic event. Like you, I only know what I have […]
6 Lessons From the Garden – 2104 Edition
Do you sometimes feel like your garden is toying with you? Me too. Here’s what I learned this year. 1. Sick plants make for a sick garden; or – don’t buy sick plants from the grocery store. Last spring I felt quite lucky to stumble upon some cheap cheap cheap tomato seedlings at the grocery […]
Late Garden Harvest
I am finally admitting that summer is over and have cleaned out the garden. This late season harvest yielded butternut and fairy squashes, tiny cherry tomatoes, purple carrots, and over-ripe cucumbers that will be turned into a family favorite pickle. What goodies did your late season garden provide?
Golden Semolina Zucchini-Tomato Bread
Shredded zucchini adds a nice touch to savory yeast bread. Continuing on my quest to use up the zucchini before it takes over the whole garden, I devised this beautiful Mediterranean inspired bread yesterday. It combines golden semolina flour, sweet and tangy dried tomatoes, shredded zucchini and salty Parmesan in a soft, moist loaf. You […]
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