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This garlic rosemary bread recipe has a whole head of roasted garlic baked into the dough. Oven roasting mellows the flavor of garlic and the soft, roasted cloves vanish into the bread dough giving you a mild garlic flavor with each and every bite.

Roasted Garlic Rosemary Bread

This simple recipe for white bean dip is filled with flavor. Begin with Cannellini beans, add roasted garlic, rosemary, olive oil, and brighten with lemon juice and zest. Puree to a smooth and creamy texture that pairs well with crackers and veggies.

Roasted Garlic White Bean Dip

Roasting turns the sharp garlic flavor into one that is milder and sweeter. Roasted garlic is delicious spread on homemade bread, and it adds a flavorful depth to dips, soups, stews, and salad dressing.

How to Roast Garlic

Missed your chance to plant garlic last fall? Has your winter storage garlic sprouted? Try planting spring garlic. You may not get large cloves, but you can still enjoy the mild flavor of green garlic.

Planting Spring Garlic

Zest citrus fruit to take full advantage of extra concentrated citrus flavor to boost your recipes. Freeze it and you'll always have zest on hand.

How to Zest Citrus Fruit

Homemade bread crumbs are easy to make and a great way to use up leftover bread. Dried bread crumbs add crunch as a topping for casseroles, help bind ingredients for meatballs, and are an essential breading for extra crispy chicken fingers.

How to Make Your Own Dried Bread Crumbs

Lettuce seedlings growing in soil blocks.

How to Use Soil Blocks for Growing Seedlings

Your favorites include articles about growing an organic vegetable garden, preserving the harvest, and enjoying garden fresh recipes!

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Roasted read jalapeño hot sauce dripping from a spoon

Roasted Red Jalapeño Hot Sauce Recipe

jars of canned crushed tomatoes

Canning Crushed Tomatoes

This summer tomato sauce recipe combines vine-ripened tomatoes with onions, garlic and fresh Italian herbs. It is a classic marinara sauce that comes together in about an hour.

Fresh Summer Tomato Sauce

jars of salsa on a table

Zesty Salsa Recipe for Canning