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…
Recipes
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….
Tomato Salsa Recipe for Canning
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This tomato salsa recipe for canning is packed with tomato, peppers, onions, and just enough spicy tingle to tickle your taste buds. Open a jar any time and enjoy with tortilla chips or with your favorite Mexican inspired meals. Many of us begin a vegetable garden with dreams of preserving the harvest dancing in our…
Ginger Garlic Pork Fried Rice Recipe
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Transform leftovers into a tasty pork fried rice. Combine pork, rice, and veggies with a ginger garlic sauce for a dish that will satisfy your craving for takeout. Fried rice is a great recipe to have on hand to re-purpose leftovers, so they don’t go to waste. This pork fried rice recipe combines leftover pork,…
Chili-Lime Chicken Fajitas
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These chili-lime chicken fajitas are made with strips marinated seasoned chicken breast, tossed with vibrant peppers, onions, and wrapped in warm flour tortillas. One of my favorite ways to use peppers and onions from the garden is to make these simple chicken fajitas. This fajita recipe is versatile. You can use any type of peppers…
Small Batch Sweet Cherry Jam Recipe
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This chunky, low-sugar cherry jam is delicious slathered on toasted homemade bread, swirled in yogurt, or drizzled over ice cream. Less sugar lets the natural fruit flavor shine. Cherry season is fleeting. Fresh cherries are only available for a short time. Each year, I try to eat my fill, and then capture the delicious, flavor…