This grilled garlic scapes recipe adds a layer of sweet smoky char to the mild garlicky flavor, and then enhances it further with a simple dusting of sea salt and freshly ground pepper. Love garlic? Then you will love the light garlic flavor of the seasonal garlic scapes. Grilling is such an easy way to…
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Garlic Scape Lemon Balm Pesto
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This garlic scape lemon balm pesto is a slight twist from your regular pesto. This recipe combines garlic scapes with lemon balm for an early garden fresh variation. Spoon this pesto on pasta, seafood, and even sandwiches. Pesto is extremely versatile. In fact, I rarely stick exactly to a recipe. Instead, I tend to wing…
Easy Slow Cooker Chili
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You can’t go wrong with this hearty slow cooker chili recipe. Since the chili simmers in a crock pot all day, it is perfect for a weeknight meal. It is also ideal for bringing to pot-luck meals, office parties, game day, and neighborhood barbecues. Ingredients for Slow Cooker Chili This slow cooker chili is one…
3 Easy Ways to Preserve Zucchini
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Are you sick of Zucchini yet? After you have baked, sautéed, stuffed, and grilled about as much as you can stand, here are three ways to preserve zucchini so you can enjoy the summer harvest bounty over the winter months. Zucchini….It’s the crop that keeps on giving. It is easy to become overwhelmed by…
Mason Jar Italian Salad Dressing Recipe
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This homemade Italian salad dressing tastes great on leafy salad, adds a zesty zing to pasta salad, and is a delicious marinade for grilled meats. Skip the store bought bottles and shake up your own Italian salad dressing using fresh ingredients. Growing up in an Italian household meant that there was only one salad dressing on…
Granny’s Bread and Butter Pickles Recipe
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These bread and butter pickles have a crisp texture and a balanced sweet and sour flavor. The sweet and tangy crunch is irresistible. “I love pickles!” Kevin said as I planned the garden soon after moving to our property. With this in mind, I planned on growing a bunch of pickling cucumbers. I was not a…
Roasted Tomatillo Salsa Verde for Canning
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Canning roasted tomatillo salsa is a great way to preserve the abundance of tomatillos that the garden produces. Jars of tomatillo salsa verde come in handy for all your favorite Mexican dishes. I planted tomatillos for the first time in the garden last year. I thought about four plants would be a good number to…
Grilled Tomato Salsa Recipe
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This tomato salsa recipe adds delicious depth of flavor from grilling the vegetables. The flavors transform to a delightful blend of sweet, smoky char, with a spicy kick that makes you crave for more. I have been craving fresh, homemade tomato salsa all summer. The smaller tomatoes are just beginning to ripen, and I am…
Homemade Garlic Powder
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Make your own garlic powder by dehydrating and grinding garlic cloves. If you grow garlic or purchase in bulk and still have an abundance in storage come spring, it may be worth the effort to turn the excess into garlic powder before the cloves go bad. Having garlic powder in your kitchen spice cabinet can be…
Roasted Red Jalapeño Hot Sauce Recipe
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Do you love adding little heat to your food? Then try this mildly spiced roasted red jalapeño hot sauce recipe. Each year, I am amazed at how quickly the seasons change from summer to fall. We held on to warm temperatures into early October this year as remnants of hurricanes brought humid weather our way….
Fresh Summer Tomato Sauce
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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. Although I love having jars of homemade tomato sauce in storage to enjoy through the year, there is nothing like the flavor of freshly harvested, sun-ripened tomatoes….